Wagon Wheel Chords
Wagon Wheel by Mumford And Sons is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, D, Em and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
intro:
G D Em C
G D C C
G D
Headed down south to the land of the pines
Em C
Thumbin' my way into North Caroline
G
Starin' at the road
D C C
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 C
I can see my baby tonight
one strum per chord
G D
So rock me mama like a wagon wheel
Em C
Rock me mama anyway you feel
resume strumming
G D C C
Hey, mama rock me
G D
Well,Rock me mama like the wind and the rain
Em C
Rock me mama like a south-bound train
G D C C
Hey, mama rock me
G D Em C
G D C C
G D
Well 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 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 C
To livin' that old life no more
G D
So rock me mama like a wagon wheel
Em C
Rock me mama anyway you feel
G D C C
Hey, mama rock me
G D
Well rock me mama like the wind and the rain
Em C
Rock me mama like a south-bound train
G D C C
Hey, mama rock me
single strum for each chord
G D
Well 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
resume regular strum
C C
To Johnson City, Tennessee
G D
And I gotta get a move on head for the sun
Em
I hear my baby callin' runnin'
C
And I know that she's the only one
G
And if I die in Raleigh
D C C
At least I will die free
G D
So rock me mama like a wagon wheel
Em C
Rock me mama anyway you feel
G D C C
Hey, mama rock me
G D
Well rock me mama like the wind and the rain
Em C
Rock me mama like a south-bound train
G D C C
Hey, mama rock me
single strum again
G D
So rock me mama like a wagon wheel
Em C
Rock me mama anyway you feel
G D C C
Hey, mama rock me
G D
Well rock me mama like the wind and the rain
Em C
Rock me mama like a south-bound train
G D C C G
Hey, mama rock me