Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms (Version 1, key of G, handwritten, page 76, with tab)
Public domain - full karaoke IMMHA-L355
Credit: Traditional · traditional (recorded 1931)
Origin: Traditional Southern string-band song, first recorded by Buster Carter and Preston Young (1931) and the Monroe Brothers (1936), and treated as traditional and public domain in folk collections. Handwritten in purple ink (cursive) with chords, 4/4 time, key of G, page '76', with a tab staff at the bottom. Handwritten notes: 'C7 up two frets ok here' and a D7-to-G fingering. No writer shown.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roll_in_My_Sweet_Baby%27s_Arms
Lyrics sheet: courtesy of Country Roads Folk Music Camp, Mount Madonna County Park, California (about the camp)
Original scan: from John's songbook (scan to be posted on @IMMHACAL)
Chords as printed on the original song sheet. Chords as handwritten. The tab staff is not transcribed.
G I ain't gonna work on the railroad D7 I ain't gonna work on the farm G G7 C Gonna lay 'round the shack 'til the mail train comes back D7 G Then I'll roll in my sweet baby's arms Chorus: G Roll in my sweet baby's arms D7 Roll in my sweet baby's arms G G7 C Gonna lay 'round the shack 'til the mail train comes back D7 G Then I'll roll in my sweet baby's arms G Your parents they never did like me D7 They drove me away from your door G G7 C If I had my life to live over D7 G Lord, I'd never go there anymore (Chorus) G Sometimes there's a change in the ocean D7 Sometimes there's a change in the sea G G7 C Sometimes there's a change in my own true love D7 G But there's never no change in me (Chorus) G Honey, where was you at last Friday night D7 While I was locked up in jail G G7 C Walking the streets with another man D7 G Wouldn't even go my bail (Chorus)