Old Man River chords by Lawrence Tibbett
Verse 1
Em
A
D
Em
A
D
Niggers
all work on the Mississippi,
G
D
A
Niggers all work while the
D
white folks play.
Am
D
Pullin' those boats from the
G
dawn till sunset,
D
Em
D
Gettin' no rest till the judgment day.
F#m
Don't look up and don't look down,
You don't ask,
C#
make the white horse run.
F#m
Bm
F#m
Em
Bend your knees and bow your head,
F#m
Em
D
F#m
Em
And pull that rope un til you're dead.
A
D
Let me go away from the Mississippi.
G
D
B
Let me go away from
C
B
Em
the white man boss.
Edim
Em
Show me that stream called
C#dim
D
the River Jordan,
C
that's the whole stream
D
A
that I long to cross.
D
Bm
D
G
Old Man River, that Old Man River,
D
C
he must know something,
G
D
Bm
A
but don't say nothing, it just keeps rollin',
Em
A
D
G
D
it just keeps rollin' along.
Bm
He don't plant taters,
D
he don't plant cotton,
G
D
and them that plant
Bm
D
some is soon forgotten.
C#
A
But old Man River,
Em
A
D
G
D
Bm
it just keeps rollin' along.
C#
F#m
C#
F#m
You and me, we sweat and strain,
C#
F#m
C#
But you're achin' an
F#m
d wracked with pain.
C#
Bm
F#m
C#
Hold that barge, lift that bale,
F#m
D
Bm
F#m
Still a little drunk and you're
Em
A
learning to sail.
D
Bm
D
Oh, gets weary an d sick of trying,
G
D
A
I'm tired of living an
Bm
E
d feared of dying,
F#m
D
Bm
But old Man River,
Em
A
D
G
D
he just keeps rollin' on and on.
Old Man River
Lawrence Tibbett
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