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Wagonwheel

The song describes a journey heading south to North Carolina from New England. The singer hopes to see headlights so they can make it to Raleigh that night to see their baby. They ask their mama to "rock me like a wagon wheel" and in different ways, like the wind and rain or a southbound train. The song tells of the singer's past living in New England and losing money, so they had to leave town. It describes stopping in towns along the way south as the singer hopes to make it to their destination.

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Wagonwheel

The song describes a journey heading south to North Carolina from New England. The singer hopes to see headlights so they can make it to Raleigh that night to see their baby. They ask their mama to "rock me like a wagon wheel" and in different ways, like the wind and rain or a southbound train. The song tells of the singer's past living in New England and losing money, so they had to leave town. It describes stopping in towns along the way south as the singer hopes to make it to their destination.

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Wagon Wheel

*Darius Rucker*
Wagon Wheel - intro

G D Em C x2
G D C
Wagon Wheel - verse 1
G D

Headed down south to the land of the pines

Em C

And I’m thumbin my way into North Carolina

Starin’ up the road

D C

And pray to God I see headlights


Wagon Wheel - verse 1 cont.
G D

I made it down the coast in seventeen hours

Em C

Pic-kin’ me a bouquet of dogwood flowers

And I’m a hopin’ for Raleigh

D C

I can see my baby to-night


Wagon Wheel - chorus
G D

So rock me mama like a wagon wheel

Em C

Rock me mama any way you feel

G D C

Hey, mama rock me


Wagon Wheel - chorus cont.
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


Wagon Wheel - interlude

G D Em C
G D C
Wagon Wheel - 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

I pick a banjo now


Wagon Wheel - verse 2 cont.
G D

Oh, the North country winters keep a gettin’ me down

Em C

Lost my money playin’ poker so I had to leave town

But I ain’t a turnin’ back

D C

To livin’ that old life no more


Wagon Wheel - chorus
G D

So rock me mama like a wagon wheel

Em C

Rock me mama any way you feel

G D C

Hey, mama rock me


Wagon Wheel - chorus cont.
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


Wagon Wheel - interlude

G D Em C
G D C x2
Wagon Wheel - verse 3
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 headed west from the Cumberland Gap

To Johnson City, Tennessee


Wagon Wheel - verse 3 cont.
G D

And I gotta get a move on fit for the sun

Em C

I hear my baby callin’ my name and I know that she’s the only one

And if I die in Raleigh

D C

At least I will die free


Wagon Wheel - chorus
G D

So rock me mama like a wagon wheel

Em C

Rock me mama any way you feel

G D C

Hey, mama rock me


Wagon Wheel - chorus cont.
G D

Rock me mama like the wind and the rain

Em C

Rock me mama like a south-bound train

G D C G

Hey, mama rock me

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