Mumford & Sons – Wagon Wheel (Ukulele)

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Chords

Basically the same as the Old Crow Medicine Show version, but a step down (i.e. no capo). The basic strum pattern is: down, down/up, down/up. {intro} F G Am F F G F F
F                        G
Headed down south to the land of the pines

Am                   F
Thumbin' my way into North Caroline

F
Starin' at the road

G           F             F
pray to God I see headlights

  F                         G
I made it down the coast in seventeen hours

Am                      F
Pickin' me a bouquet of dogwood flowers

    F
And I'm a hopin' for Raleigh

      G             F      F
I can see my baby tonight
[one strum per chord]
   F                   G
So rock me mama like a wagon wheel

Am              F
Rock me mama anyway you feel
[resume strumming]
F   G     F       F
Hey, mama rock me

    F                      G
Well,Rock me mama like the wind and the rain

Am                  F
Rock me mama like a south-bound train

F   G     F      F
Hey, mama rock me
F G Am F F G F F
     F                     G
Well runnin' from the cold up in New England

  Am                             F
I was born to be a fiddler in an old-time stringband

   F
My baby plays the guitar

G              F    F
I pick a banjo now

        F                            G
Oh, the North country winters keep a gettin' me now

        Am                       F
Lost my money playin' poker so I had to up and leave

      F
But I ain't a turnin' back

   G                    F       F
To livin' that old life no more

   F                   G
So rock me mama like a wagon wheel

Am              F
Rock me mama anyway you feel

F   G     F      F
Hey, mama rock me

     F                     G
Well rock me mama like the wind and the rain

Am                  F
Rock me mama like a south-bound train

F   G     F      F
Hey, mama rock me
[single strum for each chord]
     F                    G
Well walkin' to the south out of Roanoke

           Am
I caught a trucker out of Philly

      F
Had a nice long toke

    F                           G
But he's a headed west from the Cumberland Gap
[resume regular strum]
   F             F
To Johnson City, Tennessee

      F                   G
And I gotta get a move on head for the sun

          Am
I hear my baby callin' runnin'

      F
And I know that she's the only one

    F
And if I die in Raleigh

   G                F    F
At least I will die free

   F                   G
So rock me mama like a wagon wheel

Am              F
Rock me mama anyway you feel

F   G     F     F
Hey, mama rock me

     F                     G
Well rock me mama like the wind and the rain

Am                  F
Rock me mama like a south-bound train

F   G     F     F
Hey, mama rock me
[single strum again]
   F                   G
So rock me mama like a wagon wheel

Am              F
Rock me mama anyway you feel

F   G     F     F
Hey, mama rock me

     F                     G
Well rock me mama like the wind and the rain

Am                  F
Rock me mama like a south-bound train

F   G     F     F    F
Hey, mama rock me