G D
Headed down south to the land of the pines
Em C
I'm thumbin' my way into North Caroline
G
Starin # 17 up the road
D C
And pray to God I see headlights
GD
I made it down the coast in seventeen hours
EmC
Pickin # 17 me a bouquet of dogwood flowers
G
And I'm a hopin # 17 for Raleigh
DC
I can see my baby tonight
Chorus:
G D
So rock me mama like a wagon wheel
Em C
Rock me mama anyway you feel
G D C
Hey mama rock me
GG
Rock me mama like the wind and the rain
Em C
Rock me mama like a south-bound train
G D C
Hey mama rock me
G D
Runnin' from the cold up in New England
EmC
I was born to be a fiddler in an old-time string band
G
My baby plays the guitar
DC
I pick a banjo now
G D
Oh the North country winters keep a gettin # 17 me now
Em C
Lost my money playin # 17 poker so I had to up and leave
G
But I ain # 17 t a turnin # 17 back
DC
To livin # 17 that old life no more
(Chorus)
G D
Walkin' to the south out of Roanoke
Em
I caught a trucker out of Philly
C
Had a nice long toke
GD
But he's a headed west from the Cumberland Gap
EmC
To Johnson City Tennessee
GD
And I gotta get a move on fit for the sun
Em
I hear my baby callin # 17 my name
C
And I know that she's the only one
G
And if I die in Raleigh
D C
At least I will die free
(Chorus)