Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms

by Unknown · posted by WaltP

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab

ROLL IN MY SWEET BABY’S ARMS



CHORUS:

7     7  7   8    8 -8    7
Roll in my sweet ba-by’s arms.
7     7  7   8    9  8   -8
Roll in my sweet ba-by’s arms.
7    7  7     7    7    8
Gon-na lay ‘round the shack
8     8  -9     -9   -9    -9
‘til the mail train comes back,
6    6    6  6   8    8 -8    7
And roll in my sweet ba-by’s arms.

VERSE 1

6   7    7  7    8   8  7    7    7
I ain’t gon-na work on the rail-road,
6   7    7  7    8   9  8   -8
I ain’t gon-na work on the farm
6   6   7     7    7    8
Gon-na lay ‘round the shack
8     8   -9    -9   -9   -9
‘til the mail train comes back
6    6    6  6   8   8  -8    7  
And roll in my sweet ba-by’s arms.

VERSE 2

7     7     7   7    7   8   8 -8    7
Now where were you last Sat-ur-day night?
7     7  7   8   9  8   -8
While I was lay-ing in jail.
7     7   7     8     8   8  -9  -9 -9
Walk-ing the streets with an-oth-er man,
6      6   6   6  6 8  -8  7
You would-n’t ev-en go my bail.

CHORUS:

7     7  7   8    8 -8    7
Roll in my sweet ba-by’s arms.
7     7  7   8    9  8   -8
Roll in my sweet ba-by’s arms.
7    7  7     7    7    8
Gon-na lay ‘round the shack
8     8  -9     -9   -9    -9
‘til the mail train comes back,
6    6    6  6   8    8 -8    7
And roll in my sweet ba-by’s arms.

Play on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound