Wagon Wheel(Cavaco chords)

	        

intro: 
G D Em C 
G D C C 

G                        D 
Headed down south to the land of the pines 
Em                   C 
Thumbin' my way into North Caroline 
G 
Starin' at the road 
D           C             C 
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      C 
I can see my baby tonight 

one strum per chord 
   G                   D 
So rock me mama like a wagon wheel 
Em              C 
Rock me mama anyway you feel 

resume strumming 
G   D     C       C 
Hey, mama rock me 

    G                      D 
Well,Rock me mama like the wind and the rain 
Em                  C 
Rock me mama like a south-bound train 
G   D     C      C 
Hey, mama rock me 

G D Em C 
G D C C 

     G                     D 
Well runnin' from the cold up in New England 
  Em                             C 
I was born to be a fiddler in an old-time stringband 
   G 
My baby plays the guitar 
D              C    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       C 
To livin' that old life no more 

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

single strum for each chord 
     G                    D 
Well 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 

resume regular strum 
   C             C 
To Johnson City, Tennessee 

      G                   D 
And I gotta get a move on head for the sun 
          Em 
I hear my baby callin' runnin' 
      C 
And I know that she's the only one 
    G 
And if I die in Raleigh 
   D                C    C 
At least I will die free 


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

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