Matt Andersen - Wagon Wheel
If you never seen this guy play your missing out. You can see him play this song at
It's the best version of this song I've ever heard.
Capo on 2
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
[Chorus]
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.
[Chorus]
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]