Ronnie Lane

Roll On Babe

Ronnie Lane


Tom: D

  D         D        Em          
  Em        D        
  D         D        Em  
  Em *      D        D             
                    Roll on

[Chorus]
   D                          D                        Em        
  babe,   don't you roll so slow. When the wheel don’t turn
   Em                        D                  
     You don't roll no more.     I dream last 
 
[Verse 1]
   D                         D                       Em         
  night.       Ole Lola was dead.  I saw the apron string
   Em                      D          D           
        All around her head              Roll on

[Chorus]
  D                           D                         Em        
  babe,   don't you roll so slow. When the wheel don’t turn
  Em                    D                  
     You don't roll no more       

[Solo]
  D         D        Em          
  Em *      D        
  D         D        Em  
  Em *      D        D             
                Well, I jumped a

[Verse 2]
   D                        D                          Em         
 train         when I wanna go.       And where she's bound
  Em                        D                  
     Well, I don' t wanna know.         Roll on

[Chorus]
   D                          D                        Em       
  babe,   don't you roll so slow. When the wheel don’t turn
   Em                   D                              
     You don't roll no more.      Well, I've been drinking

[Verse 3]
   D                          D                  Em       
  gin.   I drank some whisky too.   Yeah, I got hooked 
   Em                     D                              
     Oh, whatcha gonna do.     Roll on

[Chorus]
   D                          D                         Em        
  babe,   don't you roll so slow. When the wheel don’t turn
  Em                    D                       
     You don't roll no more.   mmm, mmm...  

[Chorus]
   D               E               Em      
  mmm         mm   mm

  Em *             D             
                      repeat and fade out ......

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