A 
I'm gonna lay around the shack 
A          D 
Till the mail train comes back 
D           E                                  B 
Then I'll roll in my sweet baby's arms. 
  

A 
Well, I ain't gonna work on the railroad 
A                                      E 
I ain't gonna work on the farm 
E          A 
Hey, I'll lay around the shack 
A         D 
Till the mail train comes back 
D     E                                   A 
And roll in my sweet baby's arms. 
  

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A 
Well, I'm rollin' in my sweet baby's arms 
A                                        E 
Rollin' in my sweet baby's arms 
A 
Lay around the shack 
A          D 
Till the mail train comes back 
D           E                                   A 
Then I'll roll in my sweet baby's arms. 
  

A 
Well, now where were you last Saturday night 
A                               E 
While I was a lyin' in jail 
E                 A                                  D 
Hey, you're walkin' the streets with another man 
E                                A 
Wouldn't even go my bail. 
 

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A 
Well, I'm rollin' in my sweet baby's arms 
A                                        E 
Rollin' in my sweet baby's arms 
A 
Lay around the shack 
A         D 
Till the mail train comes back 
D  E                                   A 
I'll roll in my sweet baby's arms. 
  
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B F# B E F# B 
  

A 
Well, now mama's a beauty operator 
A                                        E 
Sister can weave and can spin 
E              A                                            D 
Hey, now daddy owns an interest in an old cotton gin 
E                                      A 
Watch that ol' money roll in. 


[Refrão]
A 
Well, I'm rollin' in my sweet baby's arms 
A                                        E 
Rollin' in my sweet baby's arms 
A 
Lay around the shack 
A          D 
Till the mail train comes back 
D           E                                  A 
Then Ill roll in my sweet baby's arms 
  
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A            E                                  A 
Then I'll roll in my sweet baby's arms