Wagon Wheel Acoustic chords by Old Crow Medicine Show

• Capo on 2nd

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: A

Difficulty: Novice

Wagon Wheel by Old Crow Medicine Show

Intro:

G D Em C G D C
G D Em C G D C

Verse 1:

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

Chorus:

  G          D      Em       C
So rock me mama like a wagon wheel, Rock me mama anyway you feel
G  D   C
Hey… mama rock me
G            D         Em          C
Rock me mama like the wind and the rain, Rock me mama like a south-bound train
G  D   C
Hey… mama rock me

Break:

G D Em C G D C

Verse 2:

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

Chorus:

  G          D      Em       C
So rock me mama like a wagon wheel, Rock me mama anyway you feel
G  D   C
Hey… mama rock me
G            D         Em          C
Rock me mama like the wind and the rain, Rock me mama like a south-bound train
G  D   C
Hey… mama rock me

Break:

G D Em C G D C

Strum each note once:

Verse 3:

G               D          Em
Walkin' to the south out of Roanoke, I caught a trucker out of Philly, had
  C
a nice long toke
   G                D        C
But he's a headed west from the Cumberland Gap to Johnson City, Tennessee

Back to normal strumming pattern:
G             D             Em
And I gotta get a move on fit for the sun, I hear my baby callin’ my name,
    C
and I know that she's the only one
G               D        C
And if I die in Raleigh, at least I will die free

Chorus:

  G          D      Em       C
So rock me mama like a wagon wheel, Rock me mama anyway you feel
G  D   C
Hey… mama rock me
G            D         Em          C
Rock me mama like the wind and the rain, Rock me mama like a south-bound train
G  D   C    C… D… G…
Hey… mama rock me…