Key: Db major
Verse 1
D
Asus4
D
D
G
all work on the Mississippi,
D
A
Here we all work while the white folks play,
D
Pullin' those boats
from the dawn to sunset,
G
Asus4
D
A
Gettin' no rest till the Judgment Day.
D
F#m
Don't look up and don't
look down
You don't ask,
make the White Boss frown
Fdim
F#m
Fdim
F#m
An d pull that rope until
Asus4
A
you're dead
G
Gm
Show me that stream called
G
D
River Jordan
A
D
that I long to cross
A
D
G
Old Man River,
D
G
that Old Man River,
D
G
he must know something,
D
Bm
but he don't say nothing.
E
A
He just keeps rollin',
Em
A
D
G
D
he keeps on rollin' along.
G
D
G
He don't plant taters,
G
D
G
And them that plant some
D
Fdim
is soon forgotten.
E
Em
A
But old man River,
Em
A
D
Bm
he just keeps rolling along.
Body aching and I'm wracked with pain.
Tote that march, lift that bale
Bm
F#m
Get a little drunk and you'll
Em
A
land in jail
D
Bm
D
G
Ah, gets weary and sick of trying
D
G
F#m
E
I'm tired of livin' but fear of dyin'
A
Bm
But old Man River,
Em
Asus4
A
he just keeps rollin' along!
D
G
D
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