Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
Capo 2nd fret

[Chords Tablature]
 - 022000
 - 320033
 - xx0232
 - x32033
 - 200233

PM - Palm mute


[Intro]
      
      


[Verse 1]
             
Headed down so

           
uth to the lan

d of the pines
            
And I'm thumbi

              
n' my way into

 
 North Carolin

e

Starin' up the

 road
             
And pray to Go

        
d I see headli

ghts

             
I made it down

              
 the coast in 


seventeen hour

s
            
Pickin' me a b

          
ouquet of dogw


ood flowers
          
And I'm a hopi

n' for Raleigh
             
I can see my b

      
aby tonight


[Chorus]
             
So rock me mam

         
a like a wagon

 wheel
            
Rock me mama a

  
nyway you feel
      
Hey, mama rock


 me
             
Rock me mama l

        
ike the wind a

nd the rain
            
Rock me mama l

      
ike a south-bo

und train
     
Hey, mama rock


 me


[Break]
      
      


[Verse 2]
             
Runnin' from t

        
he cold up in 

New England
            
I was born to 

              
be a fiddler i

     
n an old-time 

stringband
   
My baby plays 

the guitar
             
I pick a banjo

 
 now

             
Oh, the North 

              
country winter

         
s keep a getti

n' me now
            
Lost my money 

              
playin' poker 

     
so I had to up

 and leave
      
But I ain't a 

turnin' back
             
To livin' that

          
 old life no m


ore


[Chorus]
             
So rock me mam

         
a like a wagon

 wheel
            
Rock me mama a

  
nyway you feel
      
Hey, mama rock


 me
             
Rock me mama l

        
ike the wind a

nd the rain
            
Rock me mama l

      
ike a south-bo

und train
      
Hey, mama rock


 me


[Break]
      
      


[Bridge  Verse 3]
PM
             
Walkin' to the

       
 south out of 

Roanoke
           
I caught a tru

cker out of Ph

illy
      
Had a nice lon

g toke
             
But he's a hea

              
ded west from 

    
the Cumberland

 Gap
   
To Johnson Cit

y, Tennessee

             
And I gotta ge

            
t a move on fi

t for the sun
          
I hear my baby

 callin' my na

me
      
And I know tha

t she's the on

ly one
    
And if I die i

n Raleigh
             
At least I wil

      
l die free


[Chorus]
             
So rock me mam

         
a like a wagon

 wheel
            
Rock me mama a

  
nyway you feel
      
Hey, mama rock


 me
             
Rock me mama l

        
ike the wind a

nd the rain
            
Rock me mama l

      
ike a south-bo

und train
      
Hey, mama rock


 me
             
So rock me mam

         
a like a wagon

 wheel
            
Rock me mama a

  
nyway you feel
      
Hey, mama rock


 me
             
Rock me mama l

        
ike the wind a

nd the rain
            
Rock me mama l

      
ike a south-bo

und train
      
Hey, mama rock


 me

Optionally, repeat the intro once more as an outro