Ol' Man River chords by
James Taylor
James Taylor

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Key: Bb major
Verse 1
Cm
Cm

F
F

Dm
Dm

F
F

Bb
Bb

Dm
Dm

There's an old
Bb
Bb

Eb
Eb

man called the Mississippi
Ab
Ab

Bb
Bb

Now that's the old man
Gm
Gm

Ab
Ab

Fm
Fm

that I like to be
Bb
Bb

Oh, what does he care if the
Eb
Eb

Ebm
Ebm

Ab
Ab

world's got troubles?
Gm
Gm

C
C

What does he care if the land's not
Cm
Cm

F
F

free?
Bb
Bb

Fsus4
Fsus4

Bb
Bb

Fsus4
Fsus4

Verse 2
Bb
Bb

Fsus4
Fsus4

Ol' man river
Bb
Bb

Fsus4
Fsus4

That ol' man river
Bb
Bb

Cm
Cm

Well, he must know somethin'
Dm
Dm

G
G

But he don't say nothin'
Cm
Cm

F
F

He keeps on rollin'
Cm
Cm

F
F

Bb
Bb

He just keeps rollin' along
Fsus4
Fsus4

Verse 3
Bb
Bb

Fsus4
Fsus4

Bb
Bb

Fsus4
Fsus4

Man don't plant taters
Bb
Bb

Fsus4
Fsus4

F
F

And he don't plant cotton
Dm
Dm

Eb
Eb

Yes, and them those plants
Gm
Gm

C
C

them is soon forgotten
Cm
Cm

He
Verse 4
F
F

keeps on rollin'
Gsus4
Gsus4

Cm
Cm

Fsus4
Fsus4

He just keeps rollin'
along
Bb
Bb

Fsus4
Fsus4

Verse 5
Bb
Bb

A
A

Dm
Dm

G
G

Oh, you and me,
Dm
Dm

G
G

Dm
Dm

we're just the same
Em
Em

A
A

Dm
Dm

Bodies all achin' and wracked
G
G

A
A

Dm
Dm

with pain
C
C

Bb
Bb

A
A

Faug
Faug

Tote that barge, better lift that bale
Dm
Dm

A
A

You get a little drunk and
Dm
Dm

G
G

Cm
Cm

F
F

you land in jail
Verse 6
Bb
Bb

Fsus4
Fsus4

I get weary
Bb
Bb

F
F

Fsus4
Fsus4

And sick of tryin'
Bb
Bb

Cm
Cm

'Til I'm tired of livin'
Dm
Dm

Bb
Bb

Eb
Eb

And I'm scared of dyin'
Verse 7
Ab
Ab

Gm
Gm

But ol' man river,
Cm
Cm

F
F

he keeps on rollin'
Dm
Dm

G
G

That ol' man river,
Cm
Cm

Dm
Dm

Eb
Eb

he just keeps on rollin'
Bb
Bb

Gbdim
Gbdim

Gm
Gm

I said that ol' man river,
Cm
Cm

Fsus4
Fsus4

F
F

Bb
Bb

Fsus4
Fsus4

keeps on rollin' along
Bb
Bb

Fsus4
Fsus4

Ol' man river
Bb
Bb

Eb
Eb

Ebm
Ebm

Ab
Ab

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