Mumford & Sons – Wagon Wheel (Ukulele)
Key
-
Versions
(2)
Guitar
Ukulele
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Speed:
1.0x
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