Key: Eb major
Intro 1
D
Verse 1
D
G
Yes, that old man river,
D
A
G
that old man river
Em
G
Em
D
F#m
Must know something,
D
G
Em
G
Em
D
F#m
Em
don't say nothing
G
Em
Oh, he just keeps rolling
A
Em
A
D
Yes, he keeps on rolling, rolling along
A
G
No, he don't, and no taters,
D
A
G
man, the cat don't, and no cotton
D
A
G
A
Them like me that let some
G
Em
D
are soon forgotten
G
Em
A
Yet that old man river,
Em
A
D
man, he keeps rolling, rolling along
F#m
C#
Oh, you and me
F#m
C#
We sweat and we strain
F#m
C#
Bodies all aching mad
F#m
C#
And racked up with so much pain
A
D
Hey, we tote, tote, that bar
C#
A
D
A
Lift that heavy belt
C#
D
Get a little bit drunk
C#
A
F
Em
A
C#
And you'll en d in death
D
G
Em
D
G
Get weary and sick of trying
D
G
Tired of living and
D
F#m
A
E
feared of dying
Em
A
Oh, in the open river
Em
A
D
Man, he keeps on rolling every day
A
D
Em
One more time I said that, that,
A
Em
that river, my old friend,
A
D
the old man river rolls on every day.
A
Em
that old man river rolls.
A
Em
I don't know how they do it.
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