Ol' Man River chords by Gordon MacRae
Verse 1
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Gsus4
G
Gsus4
Aaug
Gsus4
G
Gaug
G
C
F
Here we all work on the Mississippi
C
Here we all work while
Gsus4
the big boss play
G
C
Pullin' those boats from the
dawn to sunset
F
C
Am
C
Gettin' no rest till the
G
C
judgment day
Em
C
Em
Don't look up and don't look down
B
You don't dare make a big boss frown
Em
F
Em
Bend your knees and bow your head
F
Em
Ebdim
Em
C
And pull that rope until you're dead
G
C
Oh, let me go away from the Mississippi
F
Dm
Gdim
Let me go away from the
A
Dm
big man boss
Bdim
Bb
Show me that stream called
Dm
Bb
C
the River Jordan
Bb
G
That's the old stream that I long to
C
Gsus4
G
Gsus4
G
cross.
C
Am
C
Old Man River, that Old Man River,
F
C
F
He must know something,
C
Am
but don't say nothing
D
Dm
G
He just keeps rolling,
Dm
D
G
he keeps on rolling
C
F
C
Gsus4
along
G
C
Am
He don't plant taters,
C
F
he don't plant cotton,
C
Am
and them that plant some
Ebdim
is soon forgotten.
Ddim
Dm
G
But old Man River,
D
Dm
G
C
F
C
he just keeps rolling along.
B
Em
B
Em
You and me, we sweat and strain,
B
Em
B
Em
B
Body all aching an d racked with pain.
Em
Tote that barge, and you lift that bale!
E
Em
E
Em
D
You get a little drunk an d you land in jail
G
C
Am
C
I get weary and sick of tryin'
F
C
I'm tired of living,
Gsus4
G
Am
D
and I'm scared of dying,
Gsus4
C
Am
but old Man River,
Dm
G
Gsus4
he just keeps rolling along.
G
C
Am
Gsus4
C
You
Ol' Man River
Gordon MacRae
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