Wagon Wheel by Darius Rucker
Capo 2nd fret
/ Tuning E A D G B E
/ Key A
/ Difficulty Absolute beginner
[Intro]
[Verse 1]
Heading down south to the land of the pines
I'm thumbing my way into North Caroline
Staring up the road and pray to God I see headlights
I made it down the coast in seventeen hours
Picking me a bouquet of dogwood flowers
And I'm a-hopin' for Raleigh, I can see my baby tonight
[Chorus]
So rock me momma like a wagon wheel
Rock me momma any way you feel
Hey, momma rock me
Rock me momma like the wind and the rain
Rock me momma like a south bound train
Hey, momma rock me
[Instrumental]
[Verse 2]
Running from the cold up in New England
I was born to be a fiddler in an old time string band
My baby plays a guitar, I pick a banjo now
Oh, north country winters keep a-getting me down
Lost my money playing poker so I had to leave town
But I ain't turning back to living that old life no more
[Chorus]
So rock me momma like a wagon wheel
Rock me momma any way you feel
Hey, momma rock me
Yeah, rock me momma like the wind and the rain
Rock me momma like a south bound train
Hey, momma rock me
[Instrumental]
[Verse 3] (one strum each chord below)
Walkin' to the south out of Roanoke
I caught a trucker out of Philly, had a nice long toke
But he's a heading west from the Cumberland gap
To Johnson City, Tennessee
I gotta get a move on before the sun
I hear my baby calling my name and I know that she's the only one
And if I die in Raleigh at least I will die free
[Chorus] (soft drums, banjo, and guitar)
So rock me momma like a wagon wheel
Rock me momma any way you feel
Hey, momma rock me
Oh, rock me momma like the wind and the rain
Rock me momma like a south bound train
Hey, hey momma rock me
(normal strumming)
Oh, so rock me momma like a wagon wheel
Ohhhhhhhhhhhh, I wanna feel
(Rock me momma any way you feel)
Hey, hey momma rock me, momma rock me, momma rock me
Rock me momma like the wind and the rain
Rock me momma like a south bound train
Hey, yeah yeah, momma rock me, you can rock me, rock me
[Outro]
(fade out)
