Ol' Man River chords by Ray Charles, The Jack Halloran Singers
Verse 1
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Here we all work
on the Mississippi,
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Here we all work while
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the white folk play,
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Pullin' them boats from
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the dawn till sunset
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Gettin' no rest till the
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Absus4
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judgment day
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Don't look up and
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don't look down
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You don't dare make
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a white man proud
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Bend your knees and bow your head
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And bow their brow until
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you're dead.
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Let me go away from the Mississippi.
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Let me go away from the
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white man boss.
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Show me that stream called the
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River Jordan
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That's the old stream that
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I long to follow
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I know that old man river,
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that old man river
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He must know somethin'
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But a man don't say nothin'
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I know he just keep on rollin'
I want you to know
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he keeps on rollin'
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along
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He don't plant taters
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He don't plant cotton,
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and them folk that plant them,
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I want you to know they're
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soon forgotten
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But that old man river,
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somehow he just keep on rollin',
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rollin' along
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You and me
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We got the sweat and strain
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Bodies all aching
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Rack with pain
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Told that barge, somebody said,
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lift that veil.
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And if you drink a little scotch,
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I want you to know,
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you gonna land in jail.
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You know, I get weary
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And so sick of trying
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I'm tired of living
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Oh, but I'm scared
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I'm scared of dying
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That old man at
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the river now
Verse 2
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I said he just, the man just keep
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rollin' along
you
Ol' Man River
Ray Charles, The Jack Halloran Singers
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