Key: Bb major
Verse 1
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There's an old
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man called the Mississippi
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Now that's the old man
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that I like to be
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Oh, what does he care if the
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B
world's got troubles?
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Eb
What does he care if the land's not
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free?
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Verse 2
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Ol' man river
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That ol' man river
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Well, he must know somethin'
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But he don't say nothin'
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He keeps on rollin'
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He just keeps rollin' along
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Verse 3
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Man don't plant taters
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And he don't plant cotton
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Yes, and them those plants
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them is soon forgotten
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He
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keeps on rollin'
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He just keeps rollin'
along
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Verse 5
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Oh, you and me,
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Fm
we're just the same
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Bodies all achin' and wracked
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with pain
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Tote that barge, better lift that bale
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You get a little drunk and
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you land in jail
Verse 6
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I get weary
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And sick of tryin'
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'Til I'm tired of livin'
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And I'm scared of dyin'
Verse 7
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But ol' man river,
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he keeps on rollin'
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That ol' man river,
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he just keeps on rollin'
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I said that ol' man river,
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keeps on rollin' along
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Ol' man river
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