Wagon Wheel

Bob Dylan-Anita's version

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Ukulele chords and lyrics

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INTRO (8 measures of playing before this)
      [G]                           [D]                        [Em]
A |-0202-020-|-0202-0--|-5-2-0-20|
E |----------|-------23|---------|

      [C]                           [G]                        [D]
A |-5-2-0-20-|-0202-020-|-0-0-----|
E |----------|----------|2-2--202-|

      [C]                           [C]                       
A |-------0--|--0235-10-|
E |3----30-3-|-3--------|

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        [G]                             [D]                          [Em]
A |------0h2-|2--22--22-|2p0-00-0h2|
E |----------|----------|----------|

        [C]                             [G]                           [D]
A |2--22--22-|2p0--0----|---------|
E |----------|---------3|3------2-|

        [C]                             [C]                       
A |----------|----------|
E |----343-3-|-0--------|


VERSE 1
[G]Headed down south to the [|]
[D]land of the pines. I’m [|][Em]thumbin’ 
my way into [|][C]North Caroline. [|]
[G]Starin’ up the road, and [|][D]pray to 
God I see [|][C]headlights. [|]
[C]...hey, I [|][G]made it down the coast in [|]
[D]17 hours, [|][Em]pickin’ me a bouquet of [|]
[C]dogwood flowers, I’m [|][G]hopin’ for 
Raleigh, I can [|][D]see my baby to[|][C]night [|]

CHORUS
[C]..So [|][G]rock me mama like a [|][D]wagon wheel, [|]
[Em]rock me mama any [|][C]way you feel. [|]
[G]Hey-ey-[|][D]ey mama [|][C]rock me. [|][C][|]
[G]Rock me mama like the [|][D]wind and the rain. [|]
[Em]rock me mama like a [|][C]south-bound train
[G]Hey-ey-[|][D]ey mama [|][C]rock me [|][C][|]

[G][|][D][|][Em][|][C][|][G][|][D][|][C][|][C][|]    [2x]

VERSE 2
[G]Runnin’ from the cold, [|][D]up in New England. 
I was [|][Em]born to be a fiddler in an [|][C]oldtime 
string band. My [|][G]baby plays the guitar [|]
[D]I pick a banjo [|][C]now. [|]
[C]..Oh, the [|][G]north country winters keep a [|]
[D]gettin’ me now. Lost my [|][Em]money playin’ 
poker so I [|][C]had to go. But I [|][G]ain’t 
a turnin’ back to [|][D]livin’ that old life [|][C]no more [|]

CHORUS
[C]..So [|][G]rock me mama like a [|][D]wagon wheel, [|]
[Em]rock me mama any [|][C]way you feel. [|]
[G]Hey-ey-[|][D]ey mama [|][C]rock me. [|][C][|]
[G]Rock me mama like the [|][D]wind and the rain. [|]
[Em]rock me mama like a [|][C]south-bound train
[G]Hey-ey-[|][D]ey mama [|][C]rock me [|][C][|]

[G][|][D][|][Em][|][C][|][G][|][D][|][C][|][C][|]    [2x]

VERSE 3 (spoken, w/1 strum, next 2.5 lines)
[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 headed west from 
the [|][D]Cumberland Gap, to [|][C]Johnson City [|]
[C]Tennessee. And I [|][G][strum]gotta get a move on [|]
[D]head for the sun. I hear my [|][Em]baby callin’ my 
name & I [|][C]know that she’s the only one
And [|][G]if I die in Raleigh, at [|][D]least I will die [|][C]free [|]

CHORUS 2
[C]..So [|][G][\]rock me mama like a [|][D][\]wagon wheel, [|]
[Em][\]rock me mama any [|][C][\]way you feel.
[G]Hey-ey-[|][D]ey mama [|][C]rock me [|][C][|]
[G]Rock me mama like the [|][D]wind and the rain, [|]
[Em]rock me mama like a [|][C]south-bound train.
[G]Hey-ey-[|][D]ey mama [|][C]rock me [|][C][|][G][|][G][\]