Wagon Wheel – 3rd Break

Here’s a lesson on how to play the third break to Wagon Wheel.

This is definitely a lesson for intermediate to advanced players because you need to shift up to second position in the third quarter of the tune.

If you haven’t already done so, take the lesson on the first break:

Wagon Wheel – 1st break

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Full tabs

First quarter: (D1-1-E0-0)-E1-3-3-3-0-1-3-3-3-0- 3-4-3-4-3-4-3-4-3-2-1-0-A3-2-1-0

Second quarter: A1-2-E0-3-2-3-2-1-A2-1-0-3-E0-L1-1-2-3-4

Third quarter: H4-H4-H4-H4-0-H4-H4-H4-H4-0-1-3-1-0-A2-3-E0-A2-3-2-1-0-D2-1-0-1

Fourth quarter: GH3-H3-H3-4-[H3-4-H3]-H3-2-2-H3-[2-H3-2]-1-2-H3-4-H3-2-1-2-1

Sheet music

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4 responses to “Wagon Wheel – 3rd Break”

  1. Hi Jason
    the Old Crow Medicine Show ends the song with a few notes on the fiddle – could you post those notes? I am jamming with a small band and would love to finish off the song the way Old Crow did. I think it’s only 5 notes or so. Thank you
    Best Viktoria

    1. Hello Viktoria, Thanks for reaching out, asking, and sharing your experiences with this.
      I will add your request to consider including teaching the ending to this lesson.
      In the meantime, here are the tabs for the fiddle ending notes:
      E3-1-0-A3-2-0-1-L2-H2 (A-F#-E-D-C#-A-B-C-C#)
      I slowed down the playback speed on youtube to .75 and initially sang the ending part a few times to get familiar with the notes, then I found the notes on violin from singing a note or two at a time, like call and response.
      Happy music making 🎶