Intro:      
A E F#m D    
A E D  (2x)    
    
Verse 1    
    
A                        E    
Headed down south to the land of the pines    
        F#m                   D    
And I'm thumbin' my way into North Caroline    
A            
Starin' up the road    
          E                     D    
And pray to God I see headlights    
  A                                           E   
I made it down the coast in seventeen hours    
F#m                      D    
Pickin' me a bouquet of dogwood flowers    
          A        
And I'm a hopin' for Raleigh    
      E             D    
I can see my baby tonight    
    


[Refrão]
   A                   E    
So rock me mama like a wagon wheel    
F#m              D    
Rock me mama anyway you feel    
A  E     D       
Hey mama rock me    
A                     E    
Rock me mama like the wind and the rain    
F#m                  D    
Rock me mama like a south-bound train    
A  E     D    
Hey mama rock me    
    
Verse 2    
    
A                     E    
Runnin' from the cold up in New England    
      F#m                         D    
I was born to be a fiddler in an old-time stringband    
   A                    D    
My baby plays the guitar    
               A    
I pick a banjo now    
        A                            E   
Oh, the North country winters keep a gettin' me now    
        F#m                       D    
Lost my money playin' poker so I had to up and leave    
      A              
But I ain't a turnin' back    
   E                    D    
To livin' that old life no more    


[Refrão]
   A                   E    
So rock me mama like a wagon wheel    
F#m              D    
Rock me mama anyway you feel    
A  E     D       
Hey mama rock me    
A                     E    
Rock me mama like the wind and the rain    
F#m                  D    
Rock me mama like a south-bound train    
A  E     D    
Hey mama rock me   
    
Verse 3 (just strum once for the first part of the verse)    
    
A                    E  
Walkin' to the south out of Roanoke    
           F#m      
I caught a trucker out of Philly    
      D    
Had a nice long toke    
    A                           E    
But he's a headed west from the Cumberland Gap    
   D                
To Johnson City, Tennessee    
      A                   E    
And I gotta get a move on fit for the sun    
          F#m     
I hear my baby callin' my name    
      D    
And I know that she's the only one    
    A     
And if I die in Raleigh    
   E                D    
At least I will die free    


[Refrão]
   A                   E    
So rock me mama like a wagon wheel    
F#m              D    
Rock me mama anyway you feel    
A  E     D       
Hey mama rock me    
A                     E    
Rock me mama like the wind and the rain    
F#m                  D    
Rock me mama like a south-bound train    
A  E     D    
Hey mama rock me