Wagon Wheel chords by Tom Gabel

Chords with lyrics

or plays it better with as much passion as Against Me!'s Tom Gabel. This
song is a regular of his and this tab is based off of his solo album tour.
The youtube video I refer to is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HVWVtx2UsE

If you have any problems with the tab along the lines of strumming and when
to ring out the chords, please refer to the video I provided and try playing
along with it. It's fairly simple though, so there shouldn't be that much
trouble. And, when youv'e made your final judgement on the tab, please rate
and comment it to tell me what you think or if there's anyway I can improve
upon it.

Standard Tuning

Capo 2nd fret

Chords: lowEADGBe
     G:320003 or 3X0003 (They both sound fine, but I prefer the second.)
     D:XX0232
    Em:022000
     C:X32010
   Gmaj7:2X0003

Inro:

G+G D MajorD E minorEm C majorC
G+G D MajorD C majorC

Verse 1:

G+G            D MajorD
Headed down south to the land of the pines
    E minorEm          C majorC
And I'm thumbin' my way into North Caroline
G+G
Starin' up the road
      D MajorD     C majorC
And pray to God I see headlights

 G+G             D MajorD
I made it down the coast in seventeen hours
E minorEm           C majorC
Pickin' me a bouquet of dogwood flowers
     G+G
And I'm a hopin' for Raleigh
   D MajorD       C majorC
I can see my baby tonight

Chorus:

  G+G          D MajorD
So rock me mama like a wagon wheel
E minorEm       C majorC
Rock me mama anyway you feel
G+G  Gmaj7Gmaj7   C majorC
Hey____, mama rock me
G+G           D MajorD
Rock me mama like the wind and the rain
E minorEm         C majorC
Rock me mama like a south-bound train
G+G  Gmaj7Gmaj7   C majorC
Hey____, mama rock me

Verse 2:

G+G           D MajorD
Runnin' from the cold up in New England
   E minorEm             C majorC
I was born to be a fiddler in an old-time stringband
  G+G
My baby plays the guitar
D MajorD       C majorC
I pick a banjo now

    G+G              D MajorD
Oh, the North country winters keep a gettin' me now
    E minorEm            C majorC
Lost my money playin' poker so I had to up and leave
   G+G
But I ain't a turnin' back
  D MajorD          C majorC
To livin' that old life no more

Chorus:

  G+G          D MajorD
So rock me mama like a wagon wheel
E minorEm       C majorC
Rock me mama anyway you feel
G+G  Gmaj7Gmaj7   C majorC
Hey____, mama rock me
G+G           D MajorD
Rock me mama like the wind and the rain
E minorEm         C majorC
Rock me mama like a south-bound train
G+G  Gmaj7Gmaj7   C majorC
Hey____, mama rock me

Verse 3:

G+G          D MajorD
Walkin' to the south out of Roanoke
      E minorEm
I caught a trucker out of Philly
   C majorC
Had a nice long toke
  G+G              D MajorD
But he's a headed west from the Cumberland Gap
  C majorC
To Johnson City, Tennessee

   G+G          D MajorD
And I gotta get a move on fit for the sun
     E minorEm
I hear my baby callin' my name
   C majorC
And I know that she's the only one
  G+G
And if I die in Raleigh
  D MajorD        C majorC
At least I will die free

Chorus:

  G+G          D MajorD
So rock me mama like a wagon wheel
E minorEm       C majorC
Rock me mama anyway you feel
G+G  Gmaj7Gmaj7   C majorC
Hey____, mama rock me
G+G           D MajorD
Rock me mama like the wind and the rain
E minorEm         C majorC
Rock me mama like a south-bound train
G+G  Gmaj7Gmaj7   C majorC
Hey____, mama rock me
G+G  Gmaj7Gmaj7   C majorC      G+G
Hey____, mama rock me

And that should be that for Tom Gabel's rendition of Wagon Wheel. As I've
stated before, please rate and comment my tab when you have made your final
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