[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----------------------
[Intro - No drums - Don't do the odd time sig - this is a motif from later in the song] [Bm][Bm7/A][D][D] [Bm][Bm7/A][G][G]
[Verse - Play G 3x0003 so really rings - BASS IN] And I'd (drums in - play 12/4 strumming) [D] give up [Em] forever to [G] touch you 'Cause I [Bm] know that you [A] feel me some [G] how You're the [D] closest to [Em] heaven that [G] I'll ever be And I [Bm] don't want to [A] go home right [G] now
[Verse] And [D] all I can [Em] taste is this [G] moment And [Bm] all I can [A] breathe is your [G] life And [D] sooner or [Em] later it's [G] over I just [Bm] don't want to [A] miss you [G] tonight
[Chorus] And I [Bm] don't want the [A] world to [G] see me 'Cause I [Bm] don't think that [A] they'd [G] understand When [Bm] everything's [A] made to be [G] broken I just [Bm] want you to [A] know who I [G] am
[Verse - DRUMS BACK IN] And you [D] can't fight the [Em] tears that ain't [G] coming Or the [Bm] moment of [A] truth in your [G] lies When [D] everything [Em] feels like the [G] movies Yeah, you [Bm] bleed just to [A] know you're [G] alive
[Chorus] And I [Bm] don't want the [A] world to [G] see me 'Cause I [Bm] don't think that [A] they'd [G] understand When [Bm] everything's [A] made to be [G] broken I just [Bm] want you to [A] know who I [G] a
[Instrumental - Hum line with harmoniser - Go to distortion] [Bm][Bm/A][D][D] - [Bm][Bm/A][G][G] [Bm][Bm/A][D][D] - [Bm][Bm/A][G][G]
[G5]** [F#m][Bm][Bm] [G5][F#m][Bm][Bm] (slide up to 7) [G5][F#m-24x225][Bm] (799779 10 9 B-7) [Bm] *** *** Figure at end with Bm 1234 1234 1x3x (drums stop)
[Quiet bit back to 6/4 - No drums] [Bm][Bm7/A][D][D] - [Bm][Bm7/A][G][G] [Bm][Bm7/A][D][D] - [Bm][Bm7/A][G][G] -------- And I (Double G with snare to then Bm for chorus)
[Chorus x 2 - DRUMS BACK IN] And I [Bm] don't want the [A] world to [G] see me 'Cause I [Bm] don't think that [A] they'd [G] understand When [Bm] everything's [A] made to be [G] broken I just [Bm] want you to [A] know who I [G] a I just [Bm] want you to [A] know who I [G] am I just [Bm] want you to [A] know who I [G] am I just [Bm] want you to [A] know who I [G] am
