Wagon Wheel     Darius Rucker   key G  

Capo 2 key A(G)

strum:  1  2  &a3 &a4&a
        D  D   U   UD U

(intro) ( each 1 bar )
G  D  Em  C 
G  D  Em  C 
G  D  C= 2 bars


(verse 1)
G                         D
Heading down south to the land of the pines
Em                       C
I'm thumbing my way into North Caroline
G                       D                 C ( 2 bars )
Staring up the road and pray to God I see headlights
G                           D
I made it down the coast in seventeen hours
Em                      C
Picking me a bouquet of dogwood flowers
          G                         D              C  ( 2 bars )
And I'm a-hopin' for Raleigh, I can see my baby to-night


(chorus 1)
   G                    D 
So rock me momma like a wagon wheel
Em                C
Rock me momma any way you feel
G   D       C ( 2 bars )
Hey,  momma rock me
G                      D
Rock me momma like the wind and the rain
Em                   C
Rock me momma like a south bound train
G   D       C ( 2 bars )
Hey,  momma rock me

(instrumental 1)
G  D  Em  C 
G  D  C= 2 bars

(verse 2)
G                     D
Running from the cold up in New England
      Em                         C
I was born to be a fiddler in an old time string band
   G ( 4 + 1 counts )  D (lyric on count 2)  C ( 2 bars )
My baby plays a guitar,  I pick a banjo      now
    G                            D
Oh, north country winters keep a-getting me down
          Em                       C
I lost my money playing poker so I had to leave town
      G                     D                    C ( 2 bars ) 
But I ain't turning back to living that old life no more


(chorus 2)
   G                    D 
So rock me momma like a wagon wheel
Em                C
Rock me momma any way you feel
G   D       C
Hey,  momma rock me
G                      D
Rock me momma like the wind and the rain
Em                   C
Rock me momma like a south bound train
G   D       C
Hey,  momma rock me

(instrumental 2)
G  D  Em  C
G  D  C= 2 bars
G  D  Em  C
G  D  C= 2 bars

(verse 3)  all chords are 1 bar EXCEPT  (x)=bars

G                    D
Walkin' to the south out of Roanoke
           Em                          C
I caught a trucker out of Philly had a nice long toke
    G                            D
But he's a heading west from the Cumberland gap
   C (2)
To Johnson City, Tennessee
  G                   D
I gotta get a move on before the sun
          Em                         C
I hear my baby calling my name and I know that she's the only one
    G                       D                C (2)
And if I died in Raleigh at least I will die ....free


(chorus 3) (no chord)

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


(chorus 4  - normal strumming)
   G                    D 
So rock me momma like a wagon wheel
Em                C
Rock me momma any way you feel
G   D       C
Hey,  momma rock me
G                      D
Rock me momma like the wind and the rain
Em                   C
Rock me momma like a south bound train
G   D       C ( 2 bars )              
Hey,  momma rock me  

[Outro]   
                      G  D  Em  C
 (rock rock meeeeeee)
G  D  C   (fade)