Wagon Wheelv8

This is my first tab, I believe it is pretty good, all MY work and took a little while

to complete. PLEASE READ ALL TEXT!!! Here goes nothing...

Capo on the 2nd, 1st, or no capo, your choice.

(Tab in relative to your capo placement)

THE SONG IS ORIGONALLY PLAYED WITH IT ON 2ND!!!!

Standard Tuning

*LEGEND*

Slide Up : /

Slide Down: \

Hammer On : ^

Pull Off : *

Let Note Ring: (-)

Intro Chords: G - D - Em - C <--{RIGHT after this play violin part}

{The following is the violin/fiddle part for the intro played after the C intro chord

while remaining "on beat"}

{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\4-4-2-(2)----2/3\2*0-----0------0-------0--------|

|--------------------------------------------------PLAY-----ABOVE-----SLOW---|

|---PLAY------BELOW------SLOW---------------3---2----------------3--2--------|

|----(2)---2/3\2---2---0--(0)---0^1*0-------2-------2---3--------2-----3-----|

TO GET THIS CORRECT THE FIRST "G" CHORD AFTER THE VIOLIN PART ABOVE WILL CORRISPOND TO

THE "G" PLAYED AT :20 ON THIS REFERENCE SITE>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gX1EP6mG-E

*I can get it right, it just take some getting used to comment if you need help

{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}

Headed down south to the land of the pines

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' to Raleigh

I can see my baby tonight

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

{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)

Runnin' from the cold up in New England

I was born to be a fiddler in an old-time stringband

My baby plays the guitar

I pick a banjo now

Oh, the North country winters keep a gettin' me now

Lost my money playin' poker so I had to up and leave

But I ain't a turnin' back

To livin' that old life no more

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

{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

And I gotta get a move on fit for the sun

I hear my baby callin' my name

And I know that she's the only one

And if I die in Raleigh

At least I will die free

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

OUTRO G

MY FIRST TAB, HOPE YOU LIKE IT! {Great song for the GIRLFRIEND BY-THE-WAY}

*I love you Katie :)*