Verse One:
A E
Heading down south to the land of the pines
F#m D
I'm thumbing my way to north Caroline
A E D
Starin' up the road I pray to God I see headlights
(Repeat same chord pattern throughout whole song)
Verse 2:
I made it down the coast in seventeen hours
Picking me a bouquet of dogwood flowers
and I'm hoping for Raleigh I can see my baby tonight
CHORUS:
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 southbound train
Hey mama rock me
Verse 3:
Running from the cold up in New England
I was born to be a fiddler in an old time string band
my baby plays the guitar
I pick a banjo now
Verse 4:
Oh the north country winters keep on gettin' me
And I lost my money playin' poker so I had to up and leave
But I ain't turnin' back to livin' that ol' life done for
CHORUS
Verse 5:
(Strum once on each chord change)
Walkin' to the South out of Roanoke
I gotta trucker out of Philly had a nice long toke
But he's a headin' west from the Cumberland Gap
To Johnson City Tennesse
Verse 6:
(Normal strumming)
So I gotta get a move on fit for 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
Strum A to finish