Key: Db major
Verse 1
B
F#sus4
B
B
E
all work on the Mississippi,
B
F#
Here we all work while the white folks play,
B
Pullin' those boats
from the dawn to sunset,
E
F#sus4
B
F#
Gettin' no rest till the Judgment Day.
B
D#m
Don't look up and don't
look down
You don't ask,
make the White Boss frown
Ddim
D#m
Ddim
D#m
An d pull that rope until
F#sus4
F#
you're dead
E
Em
Show me that stream called
E
B
River Jordan
F#
B
that I long to cross
F#
B
E
Old Man River,
B
E
that Old Man River,
B
E
he must know something,
B
G#m
but he don't say nothing.
C#
F#
He just keeps rollin',
C#m
F#
B
E
B
he keeps on rollin' along.
E
B
E
He don't plant taters,
E
B
E
And them that plant some
B
Ddim
is soon forgotten.
C#
C#m
F#
But old man River,
C#m
F#
B
G#m
he just keeps rolling along.
Body aching and I'm wracked with pain.
Tote that march, lift that bale
G#m
D#m
Get a little drunk and you'll
C#m
F#
land in jail
B
G#m
B
E
Ah, gets weary and sick of trying
B
E
D#m
C#
I'm tired of livin' but fear of dyin'
F#
G#m
But old Man River,
C#m
F#sus4
F#
he just keeps rollin' along!
B
E
B
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