Rock Me Mama
Words and music Bob Dylan
Recorded during the sessions for Pat Garrett & Billy The
Kid (Feb 1973)
Tabbed and transcribed by Eyolf Østrem
The words are absolutely not clear. Brackets mean that I can’t hear what he’s singing, and whatever is within them is only an approximation to the sounds I hear, just to have something there to sing. Words outside the brackets are slightly more certain, but only slightly.
At least the chords are clear.
G D
[...]
G C
Don't go looking at the moon tonight,
G D
ah don't get [...] by the moon tonight
C G
no way
[Hey my molly won't you say goodbye]
[...] wondring why
I know it's alright but I don't cry
no way
G D
Rock me mama to the wind and rain,
G C
Rock me mama like a fast bound train
G D
Hey,
C G
mama, rock me.
Rock me mama, like a wagon wheel
Rock me mama any way you feel
Hey,
mama, rock me.
Rock me mama to the wind and rain,
Rock me mama like a fast bound train
Hey,
mama, rock me.
Rock me mama to the wind and rain,
Rock me mama like a fast bound train
Hey,
mama, rock me.
Rock me mama, like a wagon wheel
Rock me mama any way you feel
Hey,
mama, rock me.
Rock me mama like the wind and rain,
Rock me mama like a fast bound train
Hey,
mama, rock me.
Rock me mama, like a wagon wheel
Rock me mama any way you feel
Hey,
mama, rock me.
[Old child running on the ...]
[... child trodding ...]
[...]
[...] looking on the road tonight
[...] shinin' on a blue moonlight
[...]
Rock me mama like the wind and rain,
Rock me mama like a fast bound train
Hey,
mama, rock me.
Rock me mama, like a wagon wheel
Rock me mama any way you feel
Hey,
mama, rock me.