WAGON WHEEL
Below is a 'one finger version' of Wagon Wheel (for ultra beginners) as well as a beginner friendly video of the whole song using open chords. On this page are chord diagrams, strumming patterns, chords and lyrics designed to accompany my YouTube videos. Enjoy learning Darius Rucker's version of Wagon Wheel!
CHORDS (CAPO 2ND)
ONE FINGER CHORDS
FULL CHORDS
STRUMMING PATTERN
CHORDS & LYRICS
INTRO (0:00)
|G |D |Em |C |
|G |D |C |C |
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VERSE 1 (0:19)
G D
Heading down south to the land of the pines
Em C
I'm thumbing my way into North Caroline
G D C
Staring up the road and pray to God I see headlights
G D
I made it down the coast in seventeen hours
Em C
Picking me a bouquet of dogwood flowers
G D C
And I'm a-hopin' for Raleigh, I can see my baby tonight
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CHORUS 1 (0:45)
G D
So rock me momma like a wagon wheel
Em C
Rock me momma any way you feel
G D C
Hey, momma rock me
G D
Rock me momma like the wind and the rain
Em C
Rock me momma like a south bound train
G D C
Hey, momma rock me
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INTRO 2 (1:11)
|G |D |Em |C |
|G |D |C |C |
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VERSE 2 (1:24)
G D
Runnin' from the cold up in New England
Em C
I was born to be a fiddler in an old-time string band
G D C
My baby plays the guitar, I pick a banjo now
G D
Oh, the North country winters keep a gettin' me down
Em C
Lost my money playin' poker so I had to leave town
G D C
But I ain't a turnin' back to livin' that old life no more
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CHORUS 2 (1:49)
G D
So rock me momma like a wagon wheel
Em C
Rock me momma any way you feel
G D C
Hey, momma rock me
G D
Rock me momma like the wind and the rain
Em C
Rock me momma like a south bound train
G D C
Hey, momma rock me
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VIOLIN SOLO (2:16)
|G |D |Em |C |
|G |D |C |C |
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GUITAR SOLO (2:28)
|G |D |Em |C |
|G |D |C |C |
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VERSE 3 (2:41) / QUIET VERSE
G D
Walkin' to the south out of Roanoke
Em C
I caught a trucker out of Philly Had a nice long toke
G D
But he's a headed west from the Cumberland Gap
C C
To Johnson City, Tennessee
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G D
And I gotta get a move on before the sun
Em
I hear my baby callin' my name
C
And I know that she's the only one
G D C
And if I die in Raleigh at least I will die free
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CHORUS 3 (3:07) /HALF TIME FEEL
G D
So rock me momma like a wagon wheel
Em C
Rock me momma any way you feel
G D C
Hey, momma rock me
G D
Rock me momma like the wind and the rain
Em C
Rock me momma like a south bound train
G D C
Hey, momma rock me
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CHORUS 4 (3:34)​
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OUTRO/VIOLIN (4:00)