Wagon Wheel Old Crow Medicine Show
Song: Wagon Wheel
Artist: Old Crow Medicine Show
Album: O.C.M.S.
This is a great song by a great young band with that old time stringband sound.
The song is real simple to play.
It just has two patterns that alternate all throughout the song.
CAPO 2
Intro:
G, D, Em, C
G, D, C (2x)
Verse 1
[G]Headed down south to the [D]land of the pines
And I'm [Em]thumbin' my way into [C]North Caroline
[G]Starin' up the road
And [D]pray to God I see [C]headlights
I [G]made it down the coast in [D]seventeen hours
[Em]Pickin' me a bouquet of [C]dogwood flowers
And I'm a [G]hopin' for Raleigh
I can [D]see my baby to[C]night
Chorus
So [G]rock me mama like a [D]wagon wheel
[Em]Rock me mama any[C]way you feel
[G]Hey[D] mama [C]rock me
[G]Rock me mama like the [D]wind and the rain
[Em]Rock me mama like a [C]south-bound train
[G]Hey[D] mama [C]rock me
Verse 2
[G]Runnin' from the cold [D]up in New England
I was [Em]born to be a fiddler in an [C]old-time stringband
My [G]baby plays the guitar[D]
I pick a banjo [C]now
Oh, the [G]North country winters keep a [D]gettin' me now
Lost my [Em]money playin' poker so I [C]had to up and leave
But I [G]ain't a turnin' back
To [D]livin' that old life [C]no more
Chorus
So [G]rock me mama like a [D]wagon wheel
[Em]Rock me mama any[C]way you feel
[G]Hey[D] mama [C]rock me
[G]Rock me mama like the [D]wind and the rain
[Em]Rock me mama like a [C]south-bound train
[G]Hey[D] mama [C]rock me
Verse 3 (just strum once for the first part of the verse)
[G]Walkin' to the south [D]out of Roanoke
I caught a [Em]trucker out of Philly
Had a [C]nice long toke
But [G]he's a headed west from the [D]Cumberland Gap
To [C]Johnson City, Tennessee
And I [G]gotta get a move on [D]fit for the sun
I hear my [Em]baby callin' my name
And I [C]know that she's the only one
And [G]if I die in Raleigh
At [D]least I will die [C]free
Chorus
So [G]rock me mama like a [D]wagon wheel
[Em]Rock me mama any[C]way you feel
[G]Hey[D] mama [C]rock me
[G]Rock me mama like the [D]wind and the rain
[Em]Rock me mama like a [C]south-bound train
[G]Hey[D] mama [C]rock me
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