Capo 2nd fret

Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

Headed down south to the land of the pines

 And I'm thumbin' my way into North Caroline

Starin' up the road and pray to God I see headlights

I made it down the coast in seventeen hours

Pickin' me a bouquet of dogwood flowers

And I'm a hopin' for Raleigh So I can see my baby tonight

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So rock me mama like a wagon wheel

Rock me mama anyway you feel

Hey mama rock me

Rock me mama like the wind and the rain

Rock me mama like a south-bound train

Hey mama rock me

Running from the cold up in New England.

I was born to be a fiddler in an old time string band.

My baby plays a guitar,I pick a banjo now

Oh north country winters started getting me down,

I lost my money playing poker so I had to up and leave.

But I ain't turning back to living that old life no more.

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I was Walkin' though the south out of Roanoke,

I caught a trucker out of Philly had a nice long toke.

But he’s heading west from the Cumberland gap,

 Johnson City, Tennessee.

Now I gotta get a move on pray the sun,

I hear my baby calling my name she’s says I’m the only one.

And If I die in Raleigh at least I will die free.

Chorus