Ol' Man River chords by Ray Charles, The Jack Halloran Singers
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Verse 1
(C major) (F major) Here we (C major) all work
on the Mississippi,
(F major) Here (C major) we all (A minor) work while
(D major) the white folk play, (G major)
Pullin' (C major) them boats from
(F major) the dawn till sun (Ddim) set
Get (C major) tin' (A minor) no rest till the
(F major) judgment (Gsus4) day (C major)
Don't (E minor) look (E flatdim) up and
(E minor) don't look (E flatdim) down
You (E minor) don't dare (E flatdim) make
a (E minor) white man proud
Bend (C major) your knees and bow your head
(B major) And (E minor) bow their (E flatdim) brow until
(E minor) you're dead. (D minor) (G major)
(C major) Let me go away from the Mississippi. (F major)
Let (C major) me go (A minor) away from (D major) the
white man (G major) boss.
Show (C major) me that stream called the
(F major) River Jord (Ddim) an
That's (C major) the (A minor) old stream that
I (D major) long to (G major) follow (C major) (E flat major) (G major)
I know that (C major) old man river (F major) ,
that (C major) old man (F major) river (C major)
He must know somethin' (G major) (C major)
But a man don't say (E flatdim) nothin'
I know (G major) he just keep on rollin' (G major)
I want you to know
he keeps on (G major) rollin'
along (C major) (F major) (C major) (F major) (C major)
He don't plant (F major) taters
He don't (C major) plant cot (F major) ton,
and (C major) them folk that plant (G major) them,
I want you to (A minor) know they're
soon (C major) forgotten (E minor) (E flatdim)
But that old (Ddim) man (G major) river,
(G major)
somehow he (Gdim) just (G minor) keep on (G major) rollin',
rollin' along (C major) (C sharp major) (F sharp minor)
You and (G sharp minor) me (C sharp major) (Ddim) (C sharp major) (F sharp minor)
We got the sweat and strain (G sharp minor) (C sharp major) (F sharp minor)
Bodies all aching (G sharp minor) (C sharp major) (F sharp minor)
Rack with pain (C sharp major) (F sharp minor)
Told that barge, (C sharp major) (F sharp minor) somebody said,
lift that veil. (C sharp major) (F sharp minor)
And if you drink a little scotch, (C sharp major)
I want you to (F sharp minor) know,
you gonna land (E flatdim) (B major) in jail. (E minor) (A major) (A minor)
You (D major) know, I get weary (G major) (D major)
And so sick (G major) of trying (D major)
I'm tired of living (A major)
Oh, but I'm (B minor) scared
I'm scared (E major) of dying
That old (D major) man (F sharp major) at (B flataug)
the river (B minor) now (G minor)
Verse 2
I said he (D major) just, (B minor) the man just (E minor) keep
rollin' along (A major) (A major) (D major) (G major) (D major)
you
Ol' Man River
Ray Charles, The Jack Halloran Singers
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