Set 2, Song 5 of 14

Wagon Wheel

lead vocals: Don

A E F#m D; (capo 2: G D Em C)

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Wagon Wheel

Capo 2nd fret (actual chords are A E F#m D, A E D)

G, D, Em, C
G, D, C   2x

G                        D
Headed down south to the land of the pines
        Em                   C
And I'm thumbin' my way into North Caroline
G
Starin' up the road
            D         C
And pray to God I see headlights

  G                         D
I made it down the coast in seventeen hours
Em                      C
Pickin' me a bouquet of dogwood flowers
          G
And I'm a hopin' for Raleigh
      D             C
I can see my baby tonight

   G                   D
So rock me mama like a wagon wheel
Em              C
Rock me mama anyway you feel
G   D     C
Hey, mama rock me
G                     D
Rock me mama like the wind and the rain
Em                  C
Rock me mama like a south-bound train
G   D     C
Hey, mama rock me

G, D, Em, C
G, D, C

G                     D
Runnin' from the cold up in New England
      Em                         C
I was born to be a fiddler in an old-time stringband
   G
My baby plays the guitar
D              C
I pick a banjo now

        G                            D
Oh, the North country winters keep a gettin' me now
        Em                       C
Lost my money playin' poker so I had to up and leave
      G
But I ain't a turnin' back
   D                    C
To livin' that old life no more

   G                   D
So rock me mama like a wagon wheel
Em              C
Rock me mama anyway you feel
G   D     C
Hey, mama rock me
G                     D
Rock me mama like the wind and the rain
Em                  C
Rock me mama like a south-bound train
G   D     C
Hey, mama rock me

G, D, Em, C
G, D, C   2x

G                    D
Walkin' to the south out of Roanoke
           Em
I caught a trucker out of Philly
      C
Had a nice long toke
    G                           D
But he's a headed west from the Cumberland Gap
   C
To Johnson City, Tennessee

      G                   D
And I gotta get a move on fit for the sun
          Em
I hear my baby callin' my name
      C
And I know that she's the only one
    G
And if I die in Raleigh
   D                C
At least I will die free


   G                   D
So rock me mama like a wagon wheel
Em              C
Rock me mama anyway you feel
G   D     C
Hey, mama rock me
G                     D
Rock me mama like the wind and the rain
Em                  C
Rock me mama like a south-bound train
G   D     C           G
Hey, mama rock me

Set 1

  1. The Boys Are Back WP
    A D , A D , A D E
  2. Drink the Night away WP
    Chorus: G C G, G D G, Verse: G D C
  3. Black Velvet Band WP
    G C A7 D7, G Em C D7 G
  4. The Night that Paddy Murphy Died WP
    A D A, A F#m D E....
  5. Father Mallory's Dance Don
    D ..... G D, C G G/F# Em D G D
  6. Nelson's Blood Don
    Dm C
  7. Fightin' Nolan WP
    mostly D G D A, "before we cross the sea": G A D
  8. Kiss Me I'm Irish WP
    G D C D, G Em C D
  9. Peggy Gordon Nick
    G D G D A
  10. Dirty Old Town WP
    G C G D Em
  11. The Irish Rover WP
    G C G G D...
  12. The Spanish Lady Don
    G Em C G C D
  13. Rattlin' Bog Adam
    D G D A
  14. Galway Girl Nick
    incorrect bridge...
  15. Caledonia Don
    A E F#m D
  16. Wild Rover WP
  17. Come My Friends and Drink with Me Don
    D G D A
  18. Drunken Sailor WP
    C#m B C#m E G#m B C#m
  19. Big Strong Man Aaron
    C G
  20. Poor Paddy Works on the Railway WP
    G & C & sometimes D
  21. The Son Never Shines Don
  22. Molly Malone WP
    G Em Am D
  23. Jack Dolan WP
    C G C F, C F CGC, C G F C, C F CGC
  24. Danny Boy Don
    D Dmaj7 D7 G Gm...
  25. New York Girls WP
    G C G D
  26. Mary Mac Adam
    E D E, G D E
  27. Road to Ruin WP
    G C G D... Em D