[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----------------------
Pattern 1(C) 2 3 4 1 2 3 &4(F) 1 [Intro - No drums - C is on the one but start on F pickup phrase on 4] x x x [F] ([C] Ho!) -- [F] ([C] Hey!) - [F] ([C] Ho!) -- [F] ([C] Hey!) - [F]
[Verse 1] ([C] Ho!) I've been trying to do it right [F] ([C] Hey!) I've been living a lonely life [F] ([C] Ho!) I've been sleeping here instead [F] ([C] Hey!) I've been sleeping in my bed, ([Am] Ho!) sleeping in [G] my bed ....... [F] ([C] Hey!) --- [F] ([C] Ho!)--- [F]
[Verse 2] ([C] Ho!) So show me family [F] ([C] Hey!) Or the blood that I would bleed [F] ([C] Ho!) I don't know where I belong [F] ([C] Hey!) I don't know where I went wrong ([Am] Ho!) But I can write [G] a song [F][C] Hey! (Drums in)
[Chorus - Slap snare 2/4] I belong with [Am] you, you belong with [G] me, you're my sweet [C] heart I belong with [Am] you, you belong with [G] me, you're my [F - play just before next C] sweet (just bass drum)
[Verse 3 - Bass drum] ([C] Ho!) I don't think you're right for him [F] ([C] Hey!) Think of what it might've been if [F] w ([C] Ho!) Took a bus to Chinatown [F] ([C] Hey!) I'd be standing on Canal ([Am] ho!) and [G] Bowery ([F][C] Hey!) ([Am] Ho!) She'd be standing [G] next to me ( [C] hey!) (Drums in)
[Chorus - Slap snare 2/4] I belong with [Am] you, you belong with [G] me, you're my sweet [C] heart - I belong with [Am] you, you belong with [G] me, you're my sweet [C] heart (full drums) Cause [F] love ........................ we [G] need it now [C] Let's [F] hope for some [G] ........... 'Cause [F] oh...................... , we're b [G] leeding ou [C] t
[Chorus] I belong with [Am] you, you belong with [G] me, you're my sweet [C] heart I belong with [Am] you, you belong with [G] me, you're my sweet
