Chords for The Hot Sardines | "Jelly Roll"

_ _ _ That was high tone.
Should we get down and dirty on this next one?
Okay.
_ Very good.
_ _ There are a lot of different tunes called Jelly Roll if you start digging back into early jazz.
_ You know them.
_ _ Very few of them are about actual pastries. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ [C] _ [F] Good evening [C] from New Orleans.
[E] _ _ [F] _ _ [G] Always had kids around to keep him [E] company.
[F] One day his mother handed him a [D] jelly roll, the best cake [F] that was made.
[A] When the kids began to [G] hang around, _ she said,
[Dm] Oh, if you had none [G] of this jelly roll,
I _ [C] wouldn't give you a piece of my [F] cake to save yourself.
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_ [G] But she went away.
Say goodbye, I'll bring you a [C] toy.
Well, I'm my mama's blind [Dm] joy.
Ain't no use if you [G] keep on hanging around.
I [E] love you and I hate to [A] turn you down.
_ _ [Gm] Jelly [E] roll is sweet, [C#] so hard to beat.
[A#] I know you want it, you get it.
Ain't gonna give you [Dm] none. _ _
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_ _ Sugarcane on fish. Fish. _ _ _
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[F] _ _ _ _ _ [D] Jelly roll.
Jelly [A] roll.
Wouldn't give you a piece of my cake to save yourself.
Save yourself.
Oh, mama [D] said today,
boy, she went away.
Be a good boy and I'll bring you a toy.
Well, I'm my mama's blind joy.
[F] Ain't no use if you [Em] keep on hanging around.
_ [C] And I hate to turn you [A] down.
_ [A#] _ [B] Roll is sweet, [Am] so [D] hard to beat.
[A] I know you want it, you get it.
Oh, _ [Dm] _
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_ _ the jelly roll. _ _
_ _ The jelly roll, the jelly roll. _