Key: Db major
Verse 1
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Esus4
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D
all work on the Mississippi,
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E
Here we all work while the white folks play,
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Pullin' those boats
from the dawn to sunset,
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Esus4
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Gettin' no rest till the Judgment Day.
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C#m
Don't look up and don't
look down
You don't ask,
make the White Boss frown
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C#m
Cdim
C#m
An d pull that rope until
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you're dead
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Dm
Show me that stream called
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River Jordan
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that I long to cross
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Old Man River,
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that Old Man River,
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D
he must know something,
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F#m
but he don't say nothing.
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He just keeps rollin',
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D
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he keeps on rollin' along.
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D
He don't plant taters,
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D
And them that plant some
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Cdim
is soon forgotten.
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But old man River,
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F#m
he just keeps rolling along.
Body aching and I'm wracked with pain.
Tote that march, lift that bale
F#m
C#m
Get a little drunk and you'll
Bm
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land in jail
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F#m
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D
Ah, gets weary and sick of trying
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D
C#m
B
I'm tired of livin' but fear of dyin'
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F#m
But old Man River,
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Esus4
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he just keeps rollin' along!
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D
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