Wagon Wheel

wagon wheel by old crow medicine show transcribed by dwdrummer67 ( capo 2nd fret ) Intro : G D Em C ( 2x ) G D Em C headed down south to the land of the pines , i’m thumbin’ my way into north caroline G D C starin up the road and pray to god i see headlights G D Em i made it down the coast in seventeen hours , pickin me a bouquet of C dogwood flowers G D C and i’m a hopin for raleigh , i can see my baby tonight ch : G D Em C so rock me mama like a wagon wheel , rock me mama anyway you feel G D C hey mama rock me G D Em C rock me mama like the wind and the rain , rock me mama like a south - bound train G D C hey mama rock me break : G D Em C G D C G D Em runnin’ from the cold up in new england , i was born to be a fiddler in an C old - time string band G D C my baby plays the guitar , i pick a banjo now G D Em oh , the north country winters keep a gettin me now , lost my money playin C poker so i had to up and leave G D C but i aint a turnin back to livin that old life no more ch : G D Em C so rock me mama like a wagon wheel , rock me mama anyway you feel G D C hey mama rock me G D Em C rock me mama like the wind and the rain , rock me mama like a south - bound train G D C hey mama rock me break : G D Em C G D C strum each note once : G D Em walkin’ to the south out of roanoke , i caught a trucker out of philly , had C a nice long toke G D C but he’s a headed west from the cumberland gap to johnson city , tennessee back to normal strumming pattern : G D Em and i gotta get a move on fit for the sun , i hear my baby callin my name , C and i know that she’s the only one G D C and if i die in raleigh , at least i will die free ch : G D Em C so rock me mama like a wagon wheel , rock me mama anyway you feel G D C hey mama rock me G D Em C rock me mama like the wind and the rain , rock me mama like a south - bound train G D C C D G hey mama rock me