[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 124 - Capo 2nd G* - 30XXXX] (Strum - M = muted hit on low strings) M-^- -v^v - repeat x 3 then for C to G ^vC- ^vG- (beat turns round during this bit) [Note - chords in verse and chorus track when they are emphasised for the first time - not the start of the beat - i.e. initial muted hit]
[Am][F][C][(C-G)] [Am][F][C][(C-G)] - passing G bass note from Am to F if you want
[Verse 1 - No drums - Second Am to F you can play passing bass G if you want] [Am] Feeling my way [F] through the dark [C] ness [C] [Am] Guided by [F] a beating har [C] art [C] [Am] I can't tell [F] where the jour [C] ney will end [C] [Am] But I know [F] where to sta [C] a rt [C]
[Am] They tell me I'm [F] ....too young [C] to under stand [C] [Am] They say I'm caught [F] up in a dre..[C]...eam [C] (chords right on lyrics is no gap) [Am] Well, life will pass [F]me by if I [C]don't open up [C]my(downstrum) eyes [Am] Well, that's fine [F] by me [C][C]
[Chorus - Bass drum - o'ver' and ol'der' sung right on C chord] So wake me Up [Am] when it's [F] all o [C]ver [C-G] When I'm Wi [Am] ser [F] when I'm ol [C]der [C-G] All this Time [Am] I was fin [F] ding myself [C] and I [C-G] [Am] Didn't know [F] I was [C] lost
So wake me Up [Am] when it's [F] all o [C]ver [C-G] When I'm Wi [Am] ser [F] when I'm ol [C]der [C-G] All this Time [Am] I was fin [F] ding myself [C] and I [C-G] [Am] Didn't know [F] I was [C] lost
[Keyboard riff - Full strum version - (12x) - 4 times just bass drum - 8 with full drums] (lick lips at start and again on each F and whistle in middle of range - louder and easier to control pitch) Am F C Gsus4(on snare) e|-0---0--0-0--0-1-----0--0--0-0-0--0--0---X----| B|-1---1--0-0--1-1-----1--1--1-1-1h31--1---1----| G|-2---2--0-0-2--2-----0--0--0-0-0--0--0---0----| D|-2---2--0-0-2--3-----2--2--2-2-2--2--2---0----| A|-0---0--0-0----3-----3--3--3-3-3--3--3---x----| E|---------------1-------------------------3----|
[Verse 2 - Just bass drum - Second Am to F you can play passing bass G if you want] [Am] I tried car [F]rying the weight [C] of the world [C] [Am] But I only [F] have two haa [C] ands [C] [Am] Hope I get [F]the chance to tra [C] vel the world [C] [Am] But I don't have [F] any plans [C] ..... [C]
[Am] Wish that I [F] could stay for ev [C] ver this young [C] [Am] Not afraid [F]to close my [C]eyes [C] [Am] Life's a game [F] made for ev [C] ryone [C] [Am] And love [F] is the prize [C] (Stop)
[Chorus - Slap snare] So wake me (drum in) Up [Am] when it's [F] all o [C]ver [C-G] When I'm Wi [Am] ser [F] when I'm ol [C]der [C-G] All this Time [Am] I was fin [F] ding myself [C] and I [C-G] [Am] Didn't know [F] I was [C] lost (Stop)
So wake me (full drums) Up [Am] when it's [F] all o [C]ver [C-G] When I'm Wi [Am] ser [F] when I'm ol [C]der [C-G] All this Time [Am] I was fin [F] ding myself [C] and I [C-G] [Am] Didn't know [F] I was [C] lost
[Am] Didn't know [F] I was [C] lost [Am] Didn't know [F] I was [C] lost [Am] Didn't know [F] I was [C] lost [Am] Didn't know [F] I was [C] lost
[Keyboard Riff Out - 4 times just bass drum - 8 with full drums] Am F C C-G [End on Am]
[Additional Notes] (12x) Am F C - C Gsus4 e|-------------------------------------------------0------| B|--------------1--------------1--1--1--3---1---3-----1---| G|-2--2--0--2------2---0--2--0----------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------|
