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. Capotraste 2 Intro: G, D, Em, C G, D, C (2x) Verse 1 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 tonight Refrão ------------- G D So rock me mama like a wagon wheel Em C Rock me mama anyway 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 -------------------- Verse 2 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 D My baby plays the guitar 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 Refrão ------------- G D So rock me mama like a wagon wheel Em C Rock me mama anyway 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 -------------------- Verse 3 (just strum once for the first part of the verse) 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 fit for 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 Refrão ------------- G D So rock me mama like a wagon wheel Em C Rock me mama anyway 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 --------------------