[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----------------------
[Verse 1 - Capo at 2 for original - Light drums] [C][C/E] When your legs don't work like they used [F] to before [G] [C][C/E] And I can't sweep you off of your feet [F][G] [C][C/E] Will your mouth still remember the [F] taste of my love [G] [C][C/E] Will your eyes still smile [F] from your cheeks [G]
And darling [C]I ... [C/E]will be loving you [F][G]till we're seventy [C][C/E][F][G] And baby my [C][C/E]heart could-still-fall-as [F][G]hard at twenty three [C][C/E][F] And I'm thinking [G]bout how
[Pre-Chorus 1] [Dm] People fall in love in myst [G] erious [C] ways [Dm]Maybe just the touch of a hand [G] Well [Dm] me I fall in love with you [G] every single [Am]day And [Dm]I just wanna tell you I am [G] (1234-stop) So honey now
[Chorus] [C] ah ah ow[C/E] [F][G] Take me into your loving [C] arms [C/E] [F][G] Kiss me under the light of a [C] thousand [C/E] stars [F][G] Place your head on my beating [C] heart [C/E] I'm thinking [F]out out out [G]loud And maybe [Am]we [G]found [F]love [C/E]right [Dm]where [G]we [C]are
[Verse 2] [C][C/E] And when my hair's all but gone and my [F] memory fades [G] [C][C/E] And the crowds don't remember my [F] name [G] [C][C/E] When my ha ah ah ands don't [F] play the strings the same way [G] [C][C/E] I know you will still love me the same [F][G]
Cause honey [C] your [C/E]soul could never [F] grow old[G] it's evergreen [C][C/E][F][G] And-baby-your [C][C/E]smile's forever-in [F] my [G]mind and memo[C]ry [C/E] [F] And I'm thinking [G]bout how
[Pre-Chorus 2] [Dm] People fall in love in mys [G] terious [C] ways [Dm] And maybe it's all part of a [G] plan Well I [Dm] 'll just keep on making the [G] same mi [Am]stake [Dm] Hoping that you'll under [G] stand (stop?) That baby now..
[Chorus] [C] ow ow [C/E] [F][G] Take me into your loving [C] arms [C/E] [F][G] Kiss me under the light of a [C] thousand [C/E] stars [F][G] Place your head on my beating [C] heart [C/E] I'm thinking [F] out [G] loud
[Interlude] That baby [Am]we [G]found [F]love [C/E]right [Dm]where [G]we [C]are
[Instrumental] [C][C/E][F][G] x 4
[Chorus] So baby now [C] ow ow [C/E] [F][G] Take me into your loving [C] arms [C/E] [F][G] Kiss me under the light of a [C] thousand [C/E] stars (oh darling) [F][G] Place your head on my beating [C] heart [C/E] I'm thinking [F] out [G] loud
[Outro] That maybe (lower bit) [Am] we [G] found [F]love [C/E] right [Dm] where [G] we [C] are Baby (higher bit) [Am] we [G] found [F]love [C/E] right [Dm] where [G] we [C] are and (lower bit) [Am] we [G] found [F]love [C/E] right [Dm] where [G] we [C] are