Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms (Version 2, typed in capitals, chords in E)
Public domain - full karaoke IMMHA-L357
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. Typewritten in purple capitals with chords, with a tab staff at the bottom. The header says '4/4, Key C', but the chords written are in E (E, B7, E7, A). Typed as 'A/ NOTHER' (another).
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 typed (in E, even though the header says key C).
E I ain't gonna work on the railroad B7 I ain't gonna work on the farm E E7 A Gonna lay 'round the shack 'til the mail train comes back B7 E Then I'll roll in my sweet baby's arms Chorus: Roll in my sweet baby's arms B7 Roll in my sweet baby's arms E E7 Gonna lay 'round the shack 'til the A Mail train comes back B7 E Then I'll roll in my sweet baby's arms Your parents they never did like me B7 They drove me away from your door E E7 A If I had my life to live over B7 E Lord, I'd never go there any more (Chorus) Sometimes there's a change in the ocean B7 Sometimes there's a change in the sea E E7 A Sometimes there's a change in my own true love B7 E But there's never no change in me (Chorus) Honey, where was you at last Friday night B7 While I was locked up in jail E E7 A Walking the streets with another man B7 E Wouldn't even go my bail (Chorus)