Wagon Wheel Chords

by Darius Rucker
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Difficulty: absolute beginner
Capo: 2nd fret
Author DWdrummer67 [a] 746.
1 contributor total, last edit on Apr 13, 2020
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Chords

G
D
Em
C

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Wagon Wheel (remake) by Darius Rucker. The orginal artist is Old Crow Medicine
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Transcribed by DWdrummer67. Enjoy!
 
(Capo 2nd fret)
 
Intro: G D Em C G D C(2X)
 
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
 
Ch:
    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
 
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 leave town
G                               D                    C
But I ain’t a turnin’ back to livin’ that old life no more
 
Ch:
    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:
G                             D                   Em
Walkin' to the south out of Roanoke, I caught a trucker out of Philly, had
   C
a nice long talk
     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
 
Ch:
    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…
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7 comments
gillett1
This is the correct way to play this song. Plays along with Darius on the recording as well as the version he does on Live From Daryls House.
+1
jkreynolds1001
great tab great song
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harrisonthejedi
I sang song at camp and now I can play it at home! Thx
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