[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 - BPM 116 - Coming into Choruses hang onto F and also play emphasis F on snare in chorus 'but i just (quiet) wait] F C Bb
[Verse 1] [F] Morning, it's [C] Another pure [Bb] grey [F] morning Don't [C] know what the [Bb] day is [F] holding When I g [C] et upti [Bb] gh And I wa [F] lk right into the p [C] ath of a l [Bb] ightning Bo [F] l
[Verse 2] [F] Sirens of an a [C] mbule [Bb] nce comes h [F] owling Right thr [C] ough the ce [Bb] ntre of t [F] own and No one bl [C] inks an e [Bb] ye and I l [F] ook up to the sky for the [C] path of a l [Bb] ightning bo [F] l
[Verse 3] [F] Met her as the a [C] ngels p [Bb] arted fo [F] r her but she o [C] nly b [Bb] rought me to [F] rture but t [C] hat's what h [Bb] appens When it's y [F] ou who's standing in the p [C] ath of a l [Bb] ightning bo [F] l
[Chorus] [Bb] Everyone I see just walks the walk with gritted teeth but I just [F] stand by and I wait my time They say you [Bb] gotta toe the line they want the water not the wine But when I [F] see the signs I [C] jump on that [Bb] lightning b [F] olt
[Verse 4] [F] Chances, people t [C] ell you n [Bb] ot to take ch [F] ances When they t [C] ell you there a [Bb] ren't any an [F] swers and [C] I was st [Bb] arting to ag [F] ree but I awoke suddenly in the p [C] ath of a l [Bb] ightning bo [F] l
[Verse 5] [F] Fortune, people ta [C] lking a [Bb] ll about fo [F] rtune Do you m [C] ake it or d [Bb] oes it just ca [F] ll you In the b [C] linking of an [Bb] ey Just an [F] other passer by in the p [C] ath of a l [Bb] ightning bo [F] l
[Chorus] [Bb] Everyone I see just walks the walk with gritted teeth but I just [F] stand by and I wait my time They say you [Bb] gotta toe the line they want the water not the wine But when I [F] see the signs I [C] jump on that [Bb] lightning b [F] olt
[Verse 6] [F] It was silent, I was l [C] ying b [Bb] ack gazing sky [F] ward [C] When the m [Bb] oment got shat [F] tered I rem [C] ember what she sai [Bb] d and then she f [F] led in the p [C] ath of a l [Bb] ightning bo [F] l