[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----------------------
[Verse 1] [Em] Tell me [D] somethin' [G] girl [C] Are you happy in this [G] modern [D] world? [Em] Or do [D] you need [G] more [C] Is there somethin' else you're [G] searchin' [D] for?
[Refrain] [Em] I'm [D] fal [G] lin' [C] In all the good times I [G] find my [D] self longin' [Em][D] for [G] change [C] And in the bad times I [G] fear my [D] self
|Em D G| | |Em D G| |
[Verse 2] [Em] Tell me some [D] thing boy [G] [C] Aren't you tired tryin' to [G] fill that [D] void? [Em] Or do [D] you need [G] more [C] Ain't it hard keepin' it [G] so hard [D] core?
[Refrain] [Em] I'm [D] fal [G] ling [C] In all the good times I [G] find my [D] self longing [Em][D] for [G] change [C] And in the bad times I [G] fear my [D] self
[Chorus] [Am] I'm off the deep end [D] Watch as I dive in [G] I'll never [D] meet the [Em] ground [Am] Crash through the surface [D] Where they can't hurt us We're [G] far from the [D] shallow n [Em] now
[Bridge] [Am] In the sha-ha- [D] sha-ha-low [G] In the [D] sha-sha-l [Em] a-la-la-low [Am] In the sha-ha- [D] sha-ha-low We're [G] far from the sh [D] allow n [Em] ow
(GAGA BUILD UP - 1 bar each chord) [Em][Bm] oooohhhhh [D] oahhhh [A] hhh, [Em] oahhhh [Bm] hhhhhhh [D] hhhhhhh [A] hhhhhhhhhh
[Chorus] (strum once and hold) [Am] I'm off the deep end [D] Watch as I dive in I [G] 'll never [D] meet the [Em] ground [Am] Crash through the surface [D] Where they can't hurt us We're [G] far from the [D] shallow [Em] now
[Outro] [Am] In the sha-ha- [D] sha-ha-low [G] In the [D] sha-sha-l [Em] a-la-la-low [Am] In the sha-ha- [D] sha-ha-low We're [G] far from the [D] shallow n [Em] now [Em]
