Key: Db major
Verse 1
E
Bsus4
E
E
A
all work on the Mississippi,
E
B
Here we all work while the white folks play,
E
Pullin' those boats
from the dawn to sunset,
A
Bsus4
E
B
Gettin' no rest till the Judgment Day.
E
G#m
Don't look up and don't
look down
You don't ask,
make the White Boss frown
Gdim
G#m
Gdim
G#m
An d pull that rope until
Bsus4
B
you're dead
A
Am
Show me that stream called
A
E
River Jordan
B
E
that I long to cross
B
E
A
Old Man River,
E
A
that Old Man River,
E
A
he must know something,
E
C#m
but he don't say nothing.
F#
B
He just keeps rollin',
F#m
B
E
A
E
he keeps on rollin' along.
A
E
A
He don't plant taters,
A
E
A
And them that plant some
E
Gdim
is soon forgotten.
F#
F#m
B
But old man River,
F#m
B
E
C#m
he just keeps rolling along.
Body aching and I'm wracked with pain.
Tote that march, lift that bale
C#m
G#m
Get a little drunk and you'll
F#m
B
land in jail
E
C#m
E
A
Ah, gets weary and sick of trying
E
A
G#m
F#
I'm tired of livin' but fear of dyin'
B
C#m
But old Man River,
F#m
Bsus4
B
he just keeps rollin' along!
E
A
E
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