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
ONE FINGER CHORDS
STRUMMING PATTERN
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)