Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms
trad.
1.
| G | |
| I | ain't gonna work on the railroad, |
| D | |
| Ain't gonna work on the | farm. |
| G | |
| Gonna | lay 'round this shack |
| C | |
| 'Til the | mail train comes back |
| D | G | |
| And | roll in my sweet baby's | arms! |
| G | |
| Roll in my sweet baby's arms, |
| D | |
| Roll in my sweet baby's | arms! |
| G | |
| Gonna | lay 'round this shack |
| C | |
| 'Til the | mail train comes back |
| D | G | |
| And | roll in my sweet baby's | arms! |
2.
| G | |
| Where | were you last Friday night |
| D | |
| While I was lying in | jail? |
| G | C | |
| Walking the street with | another man, |
| D | G | |
| Wouldn't | even go my | bail! |
| Roll in my sweet baby's arms... |
3.
| G | |
| I | know your parents don't like me |
| D | |
| They turn me away from your | door. |
| G | C | |
| If | I had my life to live | over |
| D | G | |
| I wouldn't | go there no | more! |
| Roll in my sweet baby's arms... |
4.
| G | |
| Mama | was a beauty operator, |
| D | |
| Sister could weave and | spin. |
| G | C | |
| Daddy's got an interest in an | old cotton mill |
| D | G | |
| Watch | that money roll | in. |
| Roll in my sweet baby's arms... |
5.
| G | |
| Some | times there's a change in the ocean, |
| D | |
| Sometimes there's a change in the | sea. |
| G | C | |
| Sometimes there's a change in my | own true love |
| D | |
| But there'll | never be a change in me. |
| Roll in my sweet baby's arms... |