Ol' Man River chords by Freddy Quinn
Verse 1
G
F
Eb
D
G
Niggas all work
C
on the Mississippi
G
Niggas all work while the
A
D
white folks play
G
Pulling those boats
Ab
G
D
G
from the dawn to sunset
Bm
Don't look up an d don't
look down
You don't just make
the white horse frown
F#
G
Bm
G
Bend your knees and bow your head
Bm
G
D
And pull that rope until you're dead
G
Let me go away from the Mississippi
C
G
A
Let me go away from the white man boss
D
G
Show me that stream called
the River Jordan
Ab
Cm
Gm
That's the old stream
G
D
that I long to cross
G
Em
Old Man River,
G
Em
that Old Man River,
G
C
he must know something,
G
Em
but don't say nothin',
Am
D
he just keeps rollin',
G
Bb
Am
he keeps on rollin' along.
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G
A
He don't plant taters,
G
A
he don't plant cotton
G
Em
Bm
Bbm
And then that plantin' is soon forgotten
Am
D
But old man River,
Asus4
D
G
he just keeps rollin' along
F#
Bm
You an d me, we sweat and strain
While the old acorn had racked with pain
Hold that barge and lift that bale
Em
And get a little drunk,
B
Bm
B
C
Bm
D
an d you land in jail
G
Em
G
C
I get sweary and sick of trying
G
D
Bm
A
I'm tired of living and fear of dying
G
Gaug
Em
But home and river,
Asus4
A
D
G
A
C#
G
he keeps the West alone.
Ol' Man River
Freddy Quinn
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