[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 154 - no drums] D Dsus4 D x4 (pickup x x x bS
[Verse 1 - Double snare on 'This Thing' to bring drums in] This [D+sus4] thing .... called love, ... I [G] just can't [C] handle [G/B] it,..This thing, [D+sus4] called love ... I [G] must, get [C] round to [G/B] it, I ain't [D] ready ..... [Bb] Crazy little [C] thing called [D] love. (bssbssbsss fill + stop)
[Verse 2] This [D+sus4] thing, called love, it [G] cries, in a [C] cradle all [G/B] night, It [D+sus4] swings, it jives, it [G] shakes all over like a [C] jelly [G/B] fish, I kinda [D] like it, .... [Bb] Crazy little [C] thing called [D] love. (bssbssbsss fill + stop)
[Bridge][#######################SCROLL############] There goes my [G] baby, she [C] knows how to rock and [G] roll, ....She drives me [Bb] crazy ................. she gives me [E7] hot and cold [A7] fever, then she [F7] leaves (stop) me in a cool, cool sweat.
[Break - keep bass drum going on 1 & 3] D5 C#5 C5 N.C. A5 G#5 G5 N.C. (stabs with snare) E7 E7 E7 E7 E7 E7 A7 (Then descending riff - just notes not chords) (G)I (F#)gotta (E)be
[Verse 3] [D+sus4] cool, relax, get [G] hip, ... get [C] on my [G/B] tracks, take a [D+sus4] back seat, hitch-hike And [G] take a long ride on my [C] motor [G/B] bike until I'm [D] ready, .....[Bb] Crazy little [C] thing called [D] love. [N.C.] (stop)
[Solo] | Bb | Bb | D G | D | | Bb | Bb | E7 A7 | F7 N.C.
[Verse 4] (no chords - just snare) I gotta be cool, relax, get hip, get on my tracks, take a back seat, hitch-hike And take a long ride on my motorbike until I'm ready, (ready Freddie) Crazy little thing called love. (bssbssbsss fill + D then stop) Bass run (G) (F#) (E)
[Verse 5 - Full drums] This thing, [D+sus4] called love, I [G] just can't [C] handle [G/B] it, This thing, [D+sus4] called love, I [G] must, get [C] round to [G/B] it, I ain't [D] ready, .... [Bb] Crazy little [C] thing called [D] love.
[Outro] [Bb] Crazy little [C] thing called [D] love, yeah yeah (fade out, repeats another approx 8 times)