Chords with lyrics
Basically the same as the Old Crow Medicine Show version, but a step down (i.e. no capo).
The basic strum pattern is: down, down/up, down/up.
{intro}
G+G D MajorD E minorEm C majorC
G+G D MajorD C majorC C
G+G D MajorD
Headed down south to the land of the pines
E minorEm C majorC
Thumbin' my way into North Caroline
G+G
Starin' at the road
D MajorD C majorC C majorC
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 C majorC
I can see my baby tonight
[one strum per chord]
G+G D MajorD
So rock me mama like a wagon wheel
E minorEm C majorC
Rock me mama anyway you feel
[resume strumming]
G+G D MajorD C majorC C majorC
Hey, mama rock me
G+G D MajorD
Well,Rock me mama like the wind and the rain
E minorEm C majorC
Rock me mama like a south-bound train
G+G D MajorD C majorC C majorC
Hey, mama rock me
G+G D MajorD E minorEm C majorC
G+G D MajorD C majorC C
G+G D MajorD
Well 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 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 C majorC
To livin' that old life no more
G+G D MajorD
So rock me mama like a wagon wheel
E minorEm C majorC
Rock me mama anyway you feel
G+G D MajorD C majorC C majorC
Hey, mama rock me
G+G D MajorD
Well rock me mama like the wind and the rain
E minorEm C majorC
Rock me mama like a south-bound train
G+G D MajorD C majorC C majorC
Hey, mama rock me
[single strum for each chord]
G+G D MajorD
Well 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
[resume regular strum]
C majorC C majorC
To Johnson City, Tennessee
G+G D MajorD
And I gotta get a move on head for the sun
E minorEm
I hear my baby callin' runnin'
C majorC
And I know that she's the only one
G+G
And if I die in Raleigh
D MajorD C majorC C majorC
At least I will die free
G+G D MajorD
So rock me mama like a wagon wheel
E minorEm C majorC
Rock me mama anyway you feel
G+G D MajorD C majorC C majorC
Hey, mama rock me
G+G D MajorD
Well rock me mama like the wind and the rain
E minorEm C majorC
Rock me mama like a south-bound train
G+G D MajorD C majorC C majorC
Hey, mama rock me
[single strum again]
G+G D MajorD
So rock me mama like a wagon wheel
E minorEm C majorC
Rock me mama anyway you feel
G+G D MajorD C majorC C majorC
Hey, mama rock me
G+G D MajorD
Well rock me mama like the wind and the rain
E minorEm C majorC
Rock me mama like a south-bound train
G+G D MajorD C majorC C majorC G+G
Hey, mama rock me