Ol' Man River chords by The Lettermen

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Csus4

Verse 1
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Here we
all work along the
Mississippi
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Here we all work while the
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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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judgment day
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Don't look up and don't
look down
You don't ask me,
the boss man frowned
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Em 
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Bend your knees and bow your head
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Em 
Dm 
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And pull that rope until you're dead
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Let me go away from the
Mississippi
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Let me go away from
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the white man boss
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Show me that stream called the
River
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Jordan
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That's the old stream
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that I long to cross
Old
Man
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River, that
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Old
Man
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River
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He must know something,
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but he don't say nothing
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He just keeps rolling,
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he keeps      on rolling along
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C 
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He don't plant taters,
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and he don't plant cot ton
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Dm 
An d them what plantin'
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are soon forgotten
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But old
Man
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River just keeps rollin' along
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Em 
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You an  d me, we  sweat and strain
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Em 
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Em 
Body all achin' and racked with pain
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Em 
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Em 
Tote that barge, lift that bale
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Em 
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You get a little drunk and
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Dm 
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you land in  jail
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I get sweary and I'm sick of trying
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Dm 
I'm tired of livin',
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but I'm scared of dyin'
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And old man
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River, he just keeps rollin'
Allah
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Csus4 
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