Wagon Wheel

intro: Headed down south to the land of the pines Thumbin' my way into North Caroline Starin' at the road pray to God I see headlights I made it down the coast in seventeen hours Pickin' me a bouquet of dogwood flowers And I'm a hopin' for Raleigh I can see my baby tonight one strum per chord So rock me mama like a wagon wheel Rock me mama anyway you feel resume strumming Hey, mama rock me Well,Rock me mama like the wind and the rain Rock me mama like a south-bound train Hey, mama rock me Well runnin' from the cold up in New England I was born to be a fiddler in an old-time stringband My baby plays the guitar I pick a banjo now Oh, the North country winters keep a gettin' 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 more So rock me mama like a wagon wheel Rock me mama anyway you feel Hey, mama rock me Well rock me mama like the wind and the rain Rock me mama like a south-bound train Hey, mama rock me single strum for each chord Well walkin' to the south out of Roanoke I caught a trucker out of Philly Had a nice long toke But he's a headed west from the Cumberland Gap resume regular strum To Johnson City, Tennessee And I gotta get a move on head for the sun I hear my baby callin' runnin' And I know that she's the only one And if I die in Raleigh At least I will die free So rock me mama like a wagon wheel Rock me mama anyway you feel Hey, mama rock me Well rock me mama like the wind and the rain Rock me mama like a south-bound train Hey, mama rock me single strum again So rock me mama like a wagon wheel Rock me mama anyway you feel Hey, mama rock me Well rock me mama like the wind and the rain Rock me mama like a south-bound train Hey, mama rock me