[intro] x3 A E ( F#m ) D [verse] A E Heading down south to the land of the pines F#m D I'm thumbing my way into North Caroline A E D Staring up the road and pray to God I see headlights A E I made it down the coast in seventeen hours F#m D Picking me a bouquet of dogwood flowers A E D And I'm a-hopin' for Raleigh, I can see my baby tonight [chorus] A E So rock me momma like a wagon wheel F#m D Rock me momma any way you feel A E D Hey, momma rock me A E Rock me momma like the wind and the rain F#m D Rock me momma like a south bound train A E D Hey, momma rock me [instrumental] x2 A E ( F#m ) D [verse] A E Running from the cold up in New England F#m D I was born to be a fiddler in an old time string band A E D My baby plays a guitar, I pick a banjo now A E Oh, north country winters keep a-getting me down F#m D I lost my money playing poker so I had to leave town A E D But I ain't turning back to living that old life no more [chorus] A E So rock me momma like a wagon wheel F#m D Rock me momma any way you feel A E D Hey, momma rock me A E Rock me momma like the wind and the rain F#m D Rock me momma like a south bound train A E D Hey, momma rock me [instrumental] x4 A E ( F#m ) D [verse] A E Walkin' to the south out of Roanoke F#m D I caught a trucker out of Philly had a nice long toke A E But he's a heading west from the Cumberland gap D To Johnson City, Tennessee A E And I gotta get a move on before the sun F#m D I hear my baby calling my name and I know that she's the only one A E D And if I died in Raleigh at least I will die free [chorus] A E So rock me momma like a wagon wheel F#m D Rock me momma any way you feel A E D Hey, momma rock me A E Rock me momma like the wind and the rain F#m D Rock me momma like a south bound train A E D Hey, momma rock me A E So rock me momma like a wagon wheel F#m D Rock me momma any way you feel A E D Hey, momma rock me A E Rock me momma like the wind and the rain F#m D Rock me momma like a south bound train A E D Hey, momma rock me [Outro] A E ( F#m ) D