Wagon Wheel

Chords

Standard

G                        D
Headed down south to the land of the pines
Em         		C
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		G
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
G		        D
Runnin' from the cold up in New England
Em				C
I was born to be a fiddler in an old-time string band
G
My baby plays the guitar
D		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
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 
Em		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)