Intro: G D Em C  4x

G                                           D                                           Em                                                     C
Headed down south to the land of the pines,   and I'm thumbin' my way into North Caroline
G                                           D                         C
Starin' up the road,   and pray to God I see headlights

I made it down the coast in seventeen hours,   pickin' me a bouquet of dogwood flowers
And I'm a hopin' for Raleigh,   I can see my baby tonight

      G                                 D                        Em                    C                        G D               C
So rock me mama like a wagon wheel, rock me mama anyway you feel, Hey, mama rock me
Rock me mama like the wind and the rain, rock me mama like a south-bound train, Hey, mama rock me

G D Em C

Runnin' from the cold up in New England,   I was born to be a fiddler in an old-time stringband
My baby plays the guitar,   I pick a banjo now

Oh, the North country winters keep a gettin' me now,   lost my money playin' poker so I had to up and leave
But I ain't a turnin' back,   to livin' that old life no more

So rock me mama like a wagon wheel, rock me mama anyway you feel, Hey, mama rock me
Rock me mama like the wind and the rain, rock me mama like a south-bound train, Hey, mama rock me

Instrumental: G D Em C  2x

Walkin' to the south out of Roanoke,   I caught a trucker out of Philly. had a nice long toke,
But he's a headed west from the Cumberland Gap,   to Johnson City, Tennessee

And I gotta get a move on fit for the sun,   I hear my baby callin' my name, and I know that she's the only one
And if I die in Raleigh,   at least I will die free

So rock me mama like a wagon wheel, rock me mama anyway you feel, Hey, mama rock me
Rock me mama like the wind and the rain, rock me mama like a south-bound train, Hey, mama rock me