Wagon Wheel

basically the same as the old crow medicine show version , but a step down ( i . E . no capo ) . the basic strum pattern is : down , down/up , down/up . {Intro} G D Em C G D C C G D headed down south to the land of the pines Em C thumbin’ my way into north caroline G starin’ at the road D C C pray to god i see headlights G D i made it down the coast in seventeen hours Em C pickin’ me a bouquet of dogwood flowers G and i’m a hopin’ for raleigh D C C i can see my baby tonight [ one strum per chord ] G D so rock me mama like a wagon wheel Em C rock me mama anyway you feel [ resume strumming ] G D C C hey , mama rock me G D well , rock me mama like the wind and the rain Em C rock me mama like a south - bound train G D C C hey , mama rock me G D Em C G D C C G D well runnin’ from the cold up in new england Em C i was born to be a fiddler in an old - time stringband G my baby plays the guitar D C C i pick a banjo now G D oh , the north country winters keep a gettin’ me now Em C lost my money playin’ poker so i had to up and leave G but i ain’t a turnin’ back D C C to livin’ that old life no more G D so rock me mama like a wagon wheel Em C rock me mama anyway you feel G D C C hey , mama rock me G D well rock me mama like the wind and the rain Em C rock me mama like a south - bound train G D C C hey , mama rock me [ single strum for each chord ] G D well walkin’ to the south out of roanoke Em i caught a trucker out of philly C had a nice long toke G D but he’s a headed west from the cumberland gap [ resume regular strum ] C C to johnson city , tennessee G D and i gotta get a move on head for the sun Em i hear my baby callin’ runnin’ C and i know that she’s the only one G and if i die in raleigh D C C at least i will die free G D so rock me mama like a wagon wheel Em C rock me mama anyway you feel G D C C hey , mama rock me G D well rock me mama like the wind and the rain Em C rock me mama like a south - bound train G D C C hey , mama rock me [ single strum again ] G D so rock me mama like a wagon wheel Em C rock me mama anyway you feel G D C C hey , mama rock me G D well rock me mama like the wind and the rain Em C rock me mama like a south - bound train G D C C G hey , mama rock me