This is my first tab, I believe it is pretty good, all MY work and took a little while
complete... Please no bad comments... Here goes nothing...
Capo on 2nd, 1st, or no capo, your choice.
(tab in relative to cape placement)
I play with capo on 1st but it is actually played on 2nd...
*LEGEND*
slide up : /
slide down: \
hammer on : ^
pull off : *
let note ring: (-)
Intro With violin part: G D Em C <--{right after this play violin part}
{this is the violin/fiddle part for the intro}
{THIS ISNT THE WHOLE VIOLIN PART; GET THE TIMING DOWN AND IT SOUNDS GREAT}
{it sounds good on guitar also; not too fast}
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------{PLAY HAMMER OFF REAL FAST}-----------------|
|--------0--2--4-(4)----4/5\4---2-(2)----2/3\2*0-----0------0-------0--------|
|--0^2--------------------------------------------2-------2-------2---2---2--|
|---------------------------------------------------------------3-------3----|
|--------------------------------------------------PLAY-----ABOVE-----SLOW---|
G D Em C G D C
|---PLAY------BELOW------SLOW---------------3---2----------------3--2--------|
|-----------------------------------------------3-------1-----------3--1-----|
|-----------------------------------------------2-------------------2--------|
|-------------------------------------------------------2--------------2-----|
|----(2)---2/3\2---2---0--(0)---0^1*0-------2-------2---3--------2-----3-----|
|--(3)---------------------------------(3)--3-------2------------3-----------|
{Listen to song for strummin pattern, its sort of hard to tell over text}
{If you dont want to play violin/fiddle part here is the intro}
{G,D,Em,C --- G,D,C}
G D
Headed down south to the land of the pines
Em C
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' to Raleigh
D C
I can see my baby tonight
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
{G,D,Em,C -- G,D,C}
{Here is a cool thing to do other than the usual strumming, just pick it}
{YOUR CHOICE OH CHORDS, PICKING, OR FIDDLE}
(not too fast)
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/o/old_crow_medicine_show/wagon_wheel_tab_ver_2.html ]
G D Em C
|----3-3------------0-----------------------------------------|
|--------0--0------2--2--2-------0-----0----1-1-1-1--(0)------|
|--0-------0------3----3-------0---0--------------------------|(REPEAT x2)
|----------------------------3-------3------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
Then play: {G,D,Em,C -- G,D,C}
(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
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
{G,D,Em,C -- G,D,C} 2x
{AGAIN THIS IS YOUR CHOICE DO THE CHORDS, PICK IT, OR FIDDLE PART}
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 fit for 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
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
OUTRO G
|----3-2-0------------------------3-------|
|----------3-1-0----(0)-------------------|
|----------------(2)----(0)---------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------2-------|
|---------------------------------3-------|
MY FIRST TAB, HOPE YOU LIKE IT! {Great song for the GIRLFRIEND BY-THE-WAY}
Love you Katie :)
