Standard Tuning
Capo 2nd fret

G, D, Em, C    G, D, C   2x

Verse 1:
G                        D                          Em                   C                 G                                  D         C
Headed down south to the land of the pines  And I'm thumbin' my way into North Caroline    Starin' up the road    And pray to God I see headlights
  G                         D                 Em                      C                              G                         D             C
I made it down the coast in seventeen hours   Pickin' me a bouquet of dogwood flowers      And I'm a hopin' for Raleigh  I can see my baby tonight

Chorus:
   G                   D               Em              C               G   D     C
So rock me mama like a wagon wheel     Rock me mama anyway you feel    Hey, mama rock me
G                     D                   Em                  C                   G   D     C
Rock me mama like the wind and the rain   Rock me mama like a south-bound train   Hey, mama rock me
G, D, Em, C      G, D, C  (2x)

Verse 2:
G                     D                         Em                         C                       G                      D              C
Runnin' from the cold up in New England   I was born to be a fiddler in an old-time stringband  My baby plays the guitar  I pick a banjo now
        G                            D                      Em                       C                          G                       D                    C
Oh, the North country winters keep a gettin' me now Lost my money playin' poker so I had to up and leave  But I ain't a turnin' back To livin' that old life no more

(Chorus)

Verse 3:
G                    D                         Em                           C                   G                           D                 C
Walkin' to the south out of Roanoke I caught a trucker out of Philly  Had a nice long toke  But he's a headed west from the Cumberland Gap To Johnson City, Tennessee
      G                   D                          Em                         C                                 G                       D                C
And I gotta get a move on fit for the sun  I hear my baby callin' my name And I know that she's the only one  And if I die in Raleigh  At least I will die free

(Chorus)
End on G