Ol' Man River chords by James Taylor
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Verse 1
(A minor) (D major) (B minor) (D major) There's (G major) an (B minor) old
man (G major) called the Mis (C major) sissippi
(F major) Now that's (G major) the old man
that I like (E minor) to be (F major) (D minor)
Oh, (G major) what does he care if the
world's got troubles? (C major) (C minor) (F major)
(E minor) What does he care if the land's (A major) not
free? (A minor) (D major)
(G major) (Dsus4) (G major) (Dsus4)
Verse 2
(G major) Ol' man river (Dsus4)
(G major) That ol' man (Dsus4) river
(G major) Well, he must know (A minor) somethin'
But (B minor) he don't say nothin' (E major)
He (A minor) keeps on (D major) rollin'
He (A minor) just keeps rollin' (D major) along (G major)
(Dsus4)
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Verse 3
(G major) (Dsus4)
Man (G major) don't plant taters (Dsus4)
(G major) And he don't plant cot (Dsus4) ton (D major)
(B minor) Yes, and them those (C major) plants
them is (E minor) soon forgot (A major) ten
(A minor) He
Verse 4
keeps on (D major) rollin'
(Esus4) He (A minor) just keeps (Dsus4) rollin'
along
(G major) (Dsus4)
Verse 5
(G major) (F sharp major)
Oh, (B minor) you (E major) and me,
(B minor) we're just the same (E major) (B minor)
Bodies all (C sharp minor) achin' (F sharp major) and (B minor) wracked
with pain (E major) (F sharp major) (B minor)
Tote (A major) that barge, better (G major) lift that bale (F sharp major) (Daug)
(B minor) You get a little (F sharp major) drunk and
you (B minor) land (E major) in jail (A minor) (D major)
Verse 6
(G major) I get weary (Dsus4)
(G major) And sick (D major) of try (Dsus4) in'
(G major) 'Til I'm tired of (A minor) livin'
And I'm (B minor) scared (G major) of (C major) dyin'
Verse 7
But (F major) ol' man (E minor) river,
he (A minor) keeps on (D major) rollin'
(B minor) That ol' man (E major) river,
he just (A minor) keeps on (B minor) rollin' (C major)
I said that (G major) ol' (E flatdim) man (E minor) river,
(A minor) keeps on (Dsus4) rollin' (D major) along (G major) (Dsus4)
(G major) Ol' man (Dsus4) river
(G major) (C major) (C minor) (F major)
Ol' Man River
James Taylor
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