Darius Rucker-Wagon Wheel
[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 ......................
[Instrumental - Violin line]
[G] [D] [Em] [C]
[G] [D] [C] [C]
[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
[Instrumental - Violin line]
[G] [D] [Em] [C]
[G] [D] [C] [C]
[Guitar Solo]
[G] [D] [Em] [C]
[G] [D] [C] [C]
[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
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[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----------------------