Old Man River chords by
Ruth Brown
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Key: Ab major
Verse 1
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Here we all work 'long the Mississippi
Here we all work while the white folk play
Pulling' them boats from
the dawn till sunset
Getting no rest till the
judgment day
Verse 2
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Don't look up and don't look down
You don't dare make
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the white boss frown
Bend your knees and bow your head
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And pull that rope until you're dead
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Let me
Verse 3
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go 'way from the Mississippi
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Let me go 'way from
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the white man boss
Show me that stream called
the River Jordan
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Em
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That's the old stream that I long to cross
Verse 4
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Old Man River, that Old Man River
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He must know something,
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Bbdim
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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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He don't plant taters,
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an d he don't plant cotton
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And
Verse 5
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them what plants 'em
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A
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is soon forgotten
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But Old Man River,
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jest keeps rolling along
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F#
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F#
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You and me,
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F#
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we sweat and strain
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Bodies all aching and
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F#
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wracked with pain
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Tote that barge
Verse 6
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F#
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and lift that bale
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You get a little drunk and
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you land in jail
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I get weary and so sick of trying
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I'm tired of living,
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Bbdim
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but I'm feared of dying
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And
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Old Man River,
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he just keeps rolling along
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