Strumming Guide
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d D U D U w/swing feel
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
Capo 2
Intro: / G - - - / D - - - / Em - - - / C - - - /
/ G - - - / D - - - / C - - - / - - - - /
G D
Headed down south to the land of the pines
Em C
And I'm thumbin' my way into North Caroline
G D C (1)
Starin' up the road and 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 D C (1)
And I'm a-hopin' for Raleigh I can see my baby tonight
Chorus:
G D
So rock me mama like a wagon wheel
Em C
Rock me mama any way you feel
G D C (1)
Hey mama rock me
G D
Rock me mama like the wind and the rain
Em C
Rock me mama like a southbound train
G D C (1)
Hey mama rock me
Repeat Intro
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 C (1)
My baby plays the guitar, 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 D C (1)
But I ain't a-turnin' back, To livin' that old life no more
Chorus
Repeat Intro
G (hold) D (hold)
Walkin' due south out of Roanoke
Em (hold) C (hold)
I caught a trucker out of Philly, had a nice long toke
G (hold) D (hold) C (1 hold)
But he's a headed west from the Cumberland Gap to Johnson City, Tennessee
G D
And I gotta get a move on, bid for the sun
Em C
I hear my baby callin' my name and I know that she's the only one
G D C (1)
And if I die in Raleigh, at least I will die free
