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Version 1 Version 2WAGON WHEEL Co-Written by Bob Dylan (Chorus & Melody) in 1973 - from "Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid" tapes. Co-Written by Ketch Secor (Verse) Performed by: Old Crow Medicine Show It uses the I–V–vi–IV pattern in the key of A major, with the main chord pattern of A–E–F♯m–D. Bob Dylan incomplete version: --/VNTsYfjBcuQ Old Crow Medicine Show version: --/1gX1EP6mG-E Capo 2nd fret [Intro] G D Em C G D C G D Em C G D C [Verse 1] 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 [Chorus] 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 [Instrumental] G D Em C G D C [Verse 2] 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 [Chorus] 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 [Instrumental] G D Em C G D C G D Em C G D C [Verse 3] 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 before 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 [Chorus] 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