| G | D | |
| Headed down south to the | land of the pines |
| Em | C | |
| And I'm | thumbin' my way into | North Caroline |
| G | |
| Starin' up the road |
| D | C | |
| And 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 | |
| I can | see my baby to | night |
| G | D | |
| So | rock me mama like a | wagon wheel |
| Em | C | |
| Rock me mama any | way you feel |
| G | D | C | |
| Hey, | mama | rock me |
| G | D | |
| 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, Em, C |
| G, D, C |
| G | D | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| To | livin' that old life | no more |
| G | D | |
| So | rock me mama like a | wagon wheel |
| Em | C | |
| Rock me mama any | way you feel |
| G | D | C | |
| Hey, | mama | rock me |
| G | D | |
| 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, Em, C |
| G, D, C 2x |
| G | D | |
| 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 |
| C | |
| To | Johnson City, Tennessee |
| G | D | |
| And I | gotta get a move on | before the sun |
| Em | |
| I hear my | baby callin' 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 |
| G | D | |
| So | rock me mama like a | wagon wheel |
| Em | C | |
| Rock me mama any | way you feel |
| G | D | C | |
| Hey, | mama | rock me |
| G | D | |
| Rock me mama like the | wind and the rain |
| Em | C | |
| Rock me mama like a | south-bound train |
| G | D | C | G | |
| Hey, | mama | rock me |
Oh, the North country winters keep a gettin' me
An' I lost my money playin' poker so I had to up and leave
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Walkin' due south out of Roanoke
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And I gotta get a move on before the sun
It's the same chord progression in "Let It Be", by John Lennon ;)