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