CAPO 2

Intro: 

G, D, Em, C

G, D, C  (2x)

Verse 1

G                        D

Headed down south to the land of the pines

        Em                   C

And I'm thumbin' my way into North Caroline

G       

Starin' up the road

    D                 C

And pray to God I see headlights

  G                         D

I made it down the coast in seventeen hours

Em                      C

Pickin' me a bouquet of dogwood flowers

          G   

And I'm a hopin' for Raleigh

      D             C

I can see my baby tonight

 Chorus 

   G                   D

So rock me mama like a wagon wheel

Em              C

Rock me mama anyway you feel

G  D     C  

Hey mama rock me

G                     D

Rock me mama like the wind and the rain

Em                  C

Rock me mama like a south-bound train

G  D     C

Hey mama rock me

Verse 2

 G                     D

Runnin' from the cold up in New England

      Em                         C

I was born to be a fiddler in an old-time stringband

   G                    D

My baby plays the guitar

               C

I pick a banjo now

        G                            D

Oh, the North country winters keep a gettin' me now

        Em                       C

Lost my money playin' poker so I had to up and leave

      G         

But I ain't a turnin' back

   D                    C

To livin' that old life no more

Chorus

   G                   D

So rock me mama like a wagon wheel

Em              C

Rock me mama anyway you feel

G  D     C  

Hey mama rock me

G                     D

Rock me mama like the wind and the rain

Em                  C

Rock me mama like a south-bound train

G  D     C

Hey mama rock me

Verse 3 (just strum once for the first part of the verse)

G                    D

Walkin' to the south out of Roanoke

           Em 

I caught a trucker out of Philly

      C

Had a nice long toke

    G                           D

But he's a headed west from the Cumberland Gap

   C           

To Johnson City, Tennessee

      G                   D

And I gotta get a move on fit for the sun

          Em

I hear my baby callin' my name

      C

And I know that she's the only one

    G

And if I die in Raleigh

   D                C

At least I will die free

Chorus

   G                   D

So rock me mama like a wagon wheel

Em              C

Rock me mama anyway you feel

G  D     C  

Hey mama rock me

G                     D

Rock me mama like the wind and the rain

Em                  C

Rock me mama like a south-bound train

G  D     C

Hey mama rock me