INTRO:INSTRUMENTAL ( PLAY OVER THE CHORUS )  
 
CHORUS / INSTRUMENTAL 
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Roll in my sweet baby's arms  
                        E 
Roll in my sweet baby's arms           
A 
Lay round the shack 
         D 
Till the mail train comes back 
     E                       A 
And  roll in my sweet baby's arms   
 
VERSE /VOCALS BEGIN 
 

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I ain't gonna work on the railroad 
                        E 
Ain't gonna work on the farm 
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Lay around the shack  
         D 
Till the mail train comes back 
E                           A 
And roll in my sweet baby's arms 


A 
Roll in my sweet baby's arms  
                        E 
Roll in my sweet baby's arms           
A 
Lay round the shack 
         D 
Till the mail train comes back 
     E                       A 
And  roll in my sweet baby's arms  
 
INSTRUMENTAL OVER VERSE AND CHORUS 
 
VERSE 
 

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Now where were you last Friday night 
                     E 
While I was lyin' in jail 
A                   D 
Walking the streets with another man 
E                    A 
Wouldn't even go my bail 
 
CHORUS 
 

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Roll in my sweet baby's arms  
                        E 
Roll in my sweet baby's arms             
A 
Lay round the shack  
         D 
Till the mail train comes back 
E                           A 
And roll in my sweet baby's arms 
 
INSTRUMENTAL: PLAY VERSE AND CHORUS 
 
VERSE 
 

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I know your parents don't like me 
                            E 
They turn me away from your door 
A              D 
Had my life to live over 
E                     A 
Wouldn't go there any more 
 
CHORUS 
 

A 
Roll in my sweet baby's arms  
                         E 
Roll  in my sweet baby's arms           
A 
Lay round the shack  
         D 
Till the mail train comes back 
E                           A  
And roll in my sweet baby's arms 
 
INSTRUMENTAL: PLAY CHORUS 
 
CHORUS 
 

A 
Roll in my sweet baby's arms  
                         E 
Roll  in my sweet baby's arms           
A 
Lay round the shack  
         D 
Till the mail train comes back 
E                           A   
And roll in my sweet baby's arms