Key: C major
Intro 1
E
A
Verse 1
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What does he care if the
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A
D
E
A
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E
if the folks ain't free?
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D
Old Man River, yes,
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D
that Old Man River
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Bm
He must know something
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F#
But he don't say nothing, man
Bm
E
And he just keeps a -rollin',
Bm
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he keeps on a -rollin',
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D
E
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a -rollin' along
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D
Don't plant tables, no,
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D
he won't plant cotton
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Bm
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And a wee black lansome is soon forgotten
F#
Bm
E
But old Man River,
Bm
E
it just keeps rollin',
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E
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D
rollin' along
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C#m
D#m
G#
C#m
You and me, yes, we sweat,
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G#
sweatin' straight
C#m
D#m
G#
Body's all achin', Lord,
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D#m
rack, rackin' pain
C#m
G#
You get a little drunk and
C#m
F#m
F#
Bm
E
you land in jail
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D
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Ah, he gets weary, sick of trying
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He's tired of living long,
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he's scared of dying
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Bm
A
F#m
But Old Man River,
Bm
B
E
A
he just keeps rolling along
Old Man River, he won't plant cotton
He just keeps rolling along
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F#m
I say that old man river,
Bm
E
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D
he just keeps a -rolling along,
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D
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