Ol’ Man River chords by MGM Studio Orchestra, William Warfield

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Gsus4
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Verse 1
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C 
There's an old man
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called Mississippi,
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that's the old man that I want to be.
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What does he care if
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the world's got trouble
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Am 
What does he care if
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C 
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the land ain't free
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Am 
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Old Man River, that Old Man River,
C 
Am 
he must know something,
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but don't say nothing.
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He just keeps rollin'
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Gsus4 
He keep     s   on rollin'
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C 
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alone
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C 
Am 
He don't plant taters,
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F 
he don't plant cotton,
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Dm 
and them that plant some
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Ebdim 
is soon forgotten.
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G 
But old Man River,
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Gsus4 
Dm 
G 
he just     keeps rollin'
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G 
C 
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C 
along.
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You and   me, we sweat and strain
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Am 
Body all achin' and      racked with pain
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Ebdim 
Em 
Ebdim 
Tote that barge    and lift that bale
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Ebdim 
Get a little drunk and
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Dm 
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G 
you'll land in jail
C 
Am 
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I get weary and sick of tryin',
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G 
Am 
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I'm tired of livin' and skin of dyin'
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Dm 
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Am 
I am the Ro  man river
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F 
G 
In Chesapeake's Roman am born!
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