[Intro]
A E F#m D
A E F#m D
A E D
[Verse 1]
A E
Heading down south to the land of the pines
F#m D
I'm thumbing my way into North Caroline
A E D
Staring up the road and pray to God I see headlights
A E
I made it down the coast in seventeen hours
F#m D
Picking me a bouquet of dogwood flowers
A E D
And I'm a-hopin' for Raleigh, I can see my baby tonight
[Chorus]
A E
So rock me momma like a wagon wheel
F#m D
Rock me momma any way you feel
A E D
Hey, momma rock me
A E
Rock me momma like the wind and the rain
F#m D
Rock me momma like a south bound train
A E D
Hey, momma rock me
[Instrumental]
A E F#m D
A E D
[Verse 2]
A E
Running from the cold up in New England
F#m D
I was born to be a fiddler in an old time string band
A E D
My baby plays a guitar, I pick a banjo now
A E
Oh, north country winters keep a-getting me down
F#m D
Lost my money playing poker so I had to leave town
A E D
But I ain't turning back to living that old life no more
[Chorus]
A E
So rock me momma like a wagon wheel
F#m D
Rock me momma any way you feel
A E D
Hey, momma rock me
A E
Yeah, rock me momma like the wind and the rain
F#m D
Rock me momma like a south bound train
A E D
Hey, momma rock me
[Instrumental]
A E F#m D
A E D
A E F#m D
A E D
[Verse 3] (one strum each chord below)
A E
Walkin' to the south out of Roanoke
F#m D
I caught a trucker out of Philly, had a nice long toke
A E
But he's a heading west from the Cumberland gap
D
To Johnson City, Tennessee
A E
I gotta get a move on before the sun
F#m D
I hear my baby calling my name and I know that she's the only one
A E D
And if I die in Raleigh at least I will die free
[Chorus] (soft drums, banjo, and guitar)
A E
So rock me momma like a wagon wheel
F#m D
Rock me momma any way you feel
A E D
Hey, momma rock me
A E
Oh, rock me momma like the wind and the rain
F#m D
Rock me momma like a south bound train
A E D
Hey, hey momma rock me
(normal strumming)
A E
Oh, so rock me momma like a wagon wheel
F#m D
Ohhhhhhhhhhhh, I wanna feel
(Rock me momma any way you feel)
A E D
Hey, hey momma rock me, momma rock me, momma rock me
A E
Rock me momma like the wind and the rain
F#m D
Rock me momma like a south bound train
A E D
Hey, yeah yeah, momma rock me, you can rock me, rock me
[Outro]
A E F#m D
A E D
A E F#m D
A E D
A E F#m D
A E D
A E F#m D
A E D
(fade out)