Key: Db major
Verse 1
Bb
Fsus4
Bb
Bb
Eb
all work on the Mississippi,
Bb
F
Here we all work while the white folks play,
Bb
Pullin' those boats
from the dawn to sunset,
Eb
Fsus4
Bb
F
Gettin' no rest till the Judgment Day.
Bb
Dm
Don't look up and don't
look down
You don't ask,
make the White Boss frown
Dbdim
Dm
Dbdim
Dm
An d pull that rope until
Fsus4
F
you're dead
Eb
Ebm
Show me that stream called
Eb
Bb
River Jordan
F
Bb
that I long to cross
F
Bb
Eb
Old Man River,
Bb
Eb
that Old Man River,
Bb
Eb
he must know something,
Bb
Gm
but he don't say nothing.
C
F
He just keeps rollin',
Cm
F
Bb
Eb
Bb
he keeps on rollin' along.
Eb
Bb
Eb
He don't plant taters,
Eb
Bb
Eb
And them that plant some
Bb
Dbdim
is soon forgotten.
C
Cm
F
But old man River,
Cm
F
Bb
Gm
he just keeps rolling along.
Body aching and I'm wracked with pain.
Tote that march, lift that bale
Gm
Dm
Get a little drunk and you'll
Cm
F
land in jail
Bb
Gm
Bb
Eb
Ah, gets weary and sick of trying
Bb
Eb
Dm
C
I'm tired of livin' but fear of dyin'
F
Gm
But old Man River,
Cm
Fsus4
F
he just keeps rollin' along!
Bb
Eb
Bb
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