WAGON WHEEL

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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Headed down south to the land of the pines
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And I'm thumbin' my way into North Caroline
G
Starin' up the road
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And pray to God I see headlights
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I made it down the coast in seventeen hours
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Pickin' me a bouquet of dogwood flowers
          G
And I'm a hopin' for Raleigh
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I can see my baby tonight
 
[Chorus]
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So rock me mama like a wagon wheel / Rock me mama anyway you feel
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Hey, mama rock me
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Rock me mama like the wind and the rain / Rock me mama like a south-bound train
G   D     C
Hey, mama rock me
 
[Verse 2]
Runnin' from the cold up in New England
I was born to be a fiddler in an old-time stringband
My baby plays the guitar, I pick a banjo now
Oh, the North country winters keep a gettin' me now
Lost my money playin' poker so I had to up and leave
But I ain't a turnin' back, To livin' that old life no more
 
[Chorus]

[Verse 3]
Walkin' to the south out of Roanoke
I caught a trucker out of Philly,  Had a nice long toke
But he's a headed west from the Cumberland Gap
To Johnson City, Tennessee
And I gotta get a move on before the sun
I hear my baby callin' my name
And I know that she's the only one
And if I die in Raleigh, At least I will die free

[Chorus]