**Chords:**
G D Em C
G D
Headed down south to the land of the pines
Em C
I'm thumbing my way into North Caroline
G D
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
And I'm a-hopin' for Raleigh, I can see my baby tonight
G D
So rock me mama like a wagon wheel
Em C
Rock me mama any way you feel
G D
Hey, mama rock me
G D
Rock me mama like the wind and the rain
Em C
Rock me mama like a southbound train
G D
Hey, mama rock me
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
My baby plays the guitar, I pick a banjo now
G D
Oh, the North country winters keep a-gettin' me now
Em C
Lost my money playing poker, so I had to up and leave
G D
But I ain't turnin' back to livin' that old life no more
G D
So rock me mama like a wagon wheel
Em C
Rock me mama any way you feel
G D
Hey, mama rock me
G D
Rock me mama like the wind and the rain
Em C
Rock me mama like a southbound train
G D
Hey, mama rock me
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-headin' west from the Cumberland Gap
Em 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
And if I die in Raleigh, at least I will die free
G D
So rock me mama like a wagon wheel
Em C
Rock me mama any way you feel
G D
Hey, mama rock me
G D
Rock me mama like the wind and the rain
Em C
Rock me mama like a southbound train
G D
Hey, mama rock me
G D
Rock me mama like a wagon wheel
Em C
Rock me mama any way you feel
G D
Hey, mama rock me
G D
Rock me mama like the wind and the rain
Em C
Rock me mama like a southbound train
G D
Hey, mama rock meWagon Wheel Darius Rucker
by Darius Rucker
Date Added
8/9/2025