Intro: G D Em C, G D C C 

G                        D 
Headed down south to the land of the Pine 
Em                      C
I'm thumbin' my way into North Caroline
G                                  D

Staring up the road and (I) pray to God I see
C
head lights
G                        D            
I made it down the coast in seventeen hours
Em                 C                        
Pickin me a bouquet of dogwood flowers and I'm

G                        D                 C
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 
Hey mama rock me
G                      D         
Rock me mama like the wind and the rain
Em                   C
Rock me mama like a south bound train 
G   D            C
Hey mama rock me


2nd verse:
Runnin' from the cold up in New England 
I was born to be a fiddler in an old time string band 
My baby plays the guitar, 
I pick the banjo now
Oh north country winters keep-a gettin' me low 
An'I lost my money playin' poker so i had to up and leave 

But i ain't turning back 
To live that old life no more

Repeat chorus

3rd verse:
Walkin' to the south out of Roanoake 
I caught a trucker out of Philly had a nice long toke
But he's a-headed west from the Cumberland Gap 
Johnson City Tennessee 
I gotta get a move on before for the sun 
I hear my baby callin my name and i know that she's the only one 
And if i die in Raleigh
At least i will die free

Repeat Chorus

[Thanks to Grant Cloud for tabs]


[Thanks to C Traber, David Calder for corrections]