[Intro - BPM 148 - Capo 2 - No drums] [G][D][Em][C] (drum pickup)
(Violin line - drums in) [G][D][Em][C] [G][D][Em][C]
[Verse] [G] Heading down south to the [D] land of the pines [Em] I'm thumbing my way into [C] North Caroline [G] Staring up the road and [D] pray to God I see [C] headlights ......... [G] I made it down the coast in [D] seventeen hours [Em] Picking me a bouquet of [C] dogwood flowers And I'm a- [G] hopin' for Raleigh, I can [D] see my baby to [C] night .................
[Chorus] So [G] rock me momma like a [D] wagon wheel [Em] Rock me momma any [C] way you feel [G] Hey, [D] momma [C] rock me................... [G] Rock me momma like the [D] wind and the rain [Em] Rock me momma like a [C] south bound train [G] Hey, [D] momma [C] rock me ......................
[Verse] [G] Running from the cold [D] up in New England I was [Em] born to be a fiddler in an [C] old time string band My [G] baby plays a guitar, [D] I pick a banjo [C] now ,,,,,,,,,,,,
Oh, [G] north country winters keep a [D] getting me down I lost my [Em] money playing poker so I [C] had to leave town But I [G] ain't turning back to [D] living that old life [C] no more ...............
[Chorus] So [G] rock me momma like a [D] wagon wheel [Em] Rock me momma any [C] way you feel [G] Hey, [D] momma [C] rock me [G] Rock me momma like the [D] wind and the rain [Em] Rock me momma like a [C] south bound train [G] Hey, [D] momma [C] rock me
[Verse - No drums - Quiet - one strum each chord below] [G] Walkin' to the south [D] out of Roanoke I caught a [Em] trucker out of Philly had a [C] nice long toke But [G] he's a heading west from the [D] Cumberland gap To [C] Johnson City, Tennessee [C]
And I [G] gotta get a move on [D] before the sun I hear my [Em] baby calling my name and I [C] know that she's the only one And [G] if I died in Raleigh at [D] least I will die [C] free ................
[Chorus] (Quiet - one strum each chord below - slight slap snare drums) So [G] rock me momma like a [D] wagon wheel [Em] Rock me momma any [C] way you feel [G] Hey, [D] momma [C] rock me [G] Rock me momma like the [D] wind and the rain [Em] Rock me momma like a [C] south bound train [G] Hey, [D] momma [C] rock me
(Full volume - normal strumming) So [G] rock me momma like a [D] wagon wheel [Em] Rock me momma any [C] way you feel [G] Hey, [D] momma [C] rock me [G] Rock me momma like the [D] wind and the rain [Em] Rock me momma like a [C] south bound train [G] Hey, [D] momma [C] rock me
[Ending - Acapella] violin line out - fade or drop to finger picking halfway So [G] rock me momma like a [D] wagon wheel [Em] Rock me momma any [C] way you feel [G] Hey, [D] momma [C] rock me [G] Rock me momma like the [D] wind and the rain [Em] Rock me momma like a [C] south bound train [G] Hey, [D] momma [C] rock me
[G] Hey, [D] momma [C] rock me [End]
[Notes] Drum fill - swing --TT-TB - Prep first finger to strum after thumb hit 1231231
[Notes] [Drum pickup bit - Relative to Capo at 2] G D Em C E -2-22-0h2--22--2---7-5----x--x-----0--03s5--7-------- B -2-22-3-3--33--3---0-0--8-0--101--3---------x-------- G -0-00-2-2--22--2---0-0--0-7--0----0---------0-------- D -0-00-0-0--00--0---x-x--x-x--2----2---------0-------- A -2-22--------------7*7--7-7--3----3---------x-------- E -3-33-------------------0-0-----------------3-------- * fret with 3rd finger
Note for Em section can also play Em to Emadd4 Em Em7 x-9-11-11-10-9 x-9-11-9-12-9 x-9-11-11-10-9 x-9-11-9-10-9
[Main theme] G D Em C E -7--7--7-5-2-----0-0-0---x----0--03s5--7---- B -x--x--x-x-3-----3-0-0---101-3--3----------- G -0--0--0-0-2-----0-0-0---0---0--0----------- D -0--0--0-0-0-----2-2-2---2---2--2----------- A -x--x--x-x-0-----2-2-2---3---3--3----------- E -3--3--3-3-x-----0-0-0----------------------
Em Cadd9 D Asus4 Am E 2-3---2-3----2p3---3-2---0h2--0-2---------------- B ----0--------3---3--------------------3------1--- G -------------0-----------2--2---------2------2--- D 2------------x------------------------2------2--- A 2------------3-----------0------------0------0--- E 0------------------------------------------------ Finger Cadd9 x 3(2f) x x 3(3f) 2(1f)
[Verse] The [Em] snow glows white on the [C] mountain tonight Not a [D] footprint to be [Asus4] seen [Am] A [Em] kingdom of iso [C] lation And it [D] looks like I'm the [Asus4] queen [A] [Em] The wind is [C] howling like this [D] swirling storm inside [Asus4][Am] [Em] Couldn't keep it [D] in, heaven knows I've [A] tried
[Pre-Chorus] [D] Don't let them in, don't let them see [C] Be the good girl you always have to be [D] Conceal, don't feel, don't let them [C] know Well, now they [Cadd9] know
[Chorus] Let it [G] go, let it [D/F#] go Can't [Em7] hold it back any [Cadd9] more Let it [G] go, let it [D/F#] go Turn a [Em7] way and slam the [Cadd9] door [G] I don't [D/F#] care what they're [Em7] going to say [Cadd9] Let the [Bm7] storm rage on [Bb] The [C] cold never bothered me anyway
[Instrumental] [G][D/F#]
[Verse] [Em] It's funny how some [C] distance makes [D] everything seem [Am] small And the [Em] fears that once con [D] trolled me can't [Asus4] get to me at [A] all
[Pre-Chorus] [D] It's time to see what I can [Cadd9] do To test the limits and break [D] through No right, no wrong, no rules for [Cadd9] me
I'm free
[Chorus] Let it [G] go, let it [D/F#] go Can't [Em7] hold it back any [Cadd9] more Let it [G] go, let it [D/F#] go Turn a [Em7] way and slam the [Cadd9] door [G] I don't [D/F#] care what they're [Em7] going to say [Cadd9] Let the [Bm7] storm rage on [Bb]
[Bridge] [C] My power flurries through the air into the ground [C] My soul is spiraling in frozen fractals all around [D] And one thought crystallizes like an icy blast [Em] I'm never [C] going back, the [D] past is in the [Am] past [C]
[Chorus] Let it [G] go, let it [D/F#] go And I'll [Em7] rise like the break of [Cadd9] dawn Let it [G] go, let it [D/F#] go That [Em7] perfect girl is [Cadd9] gone [G] Here I [D/F#] stand in the [Em7] light of [Cadd9] day [Cm] Let the [Bm7] storm rage on [Bb] The [C] cold never bothered me anyway
