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WAGON WHEEL (capo 2)

Original Tempo: 148bpm - Video Tempo 90bpm

Below is a beginner friendly video of Wagon Wheel by Darius Rucker as well as a 'one finger version' for ultra beginners) . On this page are chord diagrams, strumming patterns and chords & lyrics designed to accompany my YouTube videos. Remember your capo on fret 2 if you want to match the original!

FULL CHORDS

ONE FINGER VERSION

CHORDS

FULL CHORDS

G Major Variation 2 chord diagram carrington guitar academy
D Major open position carrington guitar academy
Em Open Position. carrington guitar academy
C Major Open Position carrington guitar academy

ONE FINGER CHORDS

G chord diagram guitar lessons in bath
D chord diagram guitar lessons in bath
E minor chord diagram guitar lessons in bath
C chord diagram guitar lessons in bath

STRUMMING PATTERN

Wagon Wheel Strumming Pattern Pt. 2 by carrington guitar academy
Wagon Wheel Strumming Pattern Pt. 1 by carrington guitar academy
Wagon Wheel Strumming Pattern Pt. 3 by carrington guitar academy
Wagon Wheel Strumming Pattern Pt. 4 by carrington guitar academy

CHORDS & LYRICS

INTRO (0:00)

|G        |D        |Em      |C         |

|G        |D        |C       |C         |

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

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

INTRO 2 (1:11)

|G        |D        |Em      |C         |

|G        |D        |C       |C         |

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

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

VIOLIN SOLO (2:16)

|G        |D        |Em      |C         |

|G        |D        |C       |C         |

GUITAR SOLO (2:28)

|G        |D        |Em      |C         |

|G        |D        |C       |C         |

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

          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

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

CHORUS 4 (3:34)

OUTRO/VIOLIN (4:00)

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