Old Man River
Old Man River

Old Man River easy guitar chords by Ruth Brown

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    • Verse 1
    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
    Don't look up 
    and 
    don't look down 

    You 
    don't dare make 

    the white boss 
    frown 

    Bend 
    your knees and bow your 
    head 

    And pull 
    that rope 
    un
    til you're 
    dead 

    Let 
    me 
    Verse 3
    go 'way from 
    the Missis
    sippi 

    Let 
    me go 
    'way from 

    the white 
    man 
    boss 

    Show me 
    that stream called 

    the River Jordan 

    That's the old 
    stream that 
    I long to cross 

    Verse 4
    Old 
    Man 
    River
    , 
    that 
    Old Man 
    River 

    He 
    must 
    know 
    something, 

    but he 
    don't 
    say 
    nothing 

    He just 
    keeps 
    rolling, 

    he keeps 
    on 
    rolling 
    along 


    He 
    don't 
    plant 
    taters, 

    an
    d 
    he 
    don't 
    plant 
    cotton 

    And 
    Verse 5
    them 
    what plant
    s 'em 

    is 
    soon 
    forgotten 

    But Old 
    Man 
    River, 

    jest 
    keeps 
    rolling 
    along 


    You 
    and 
    me, 

    we sweat 
    and strain 

    Bodies 
    all 
    aching 
    and 

    wracked 
    with 
    pain 

    Tote 
    that 
    barge 
    Verse 6

    and lift 
    that bale 

    You get 
    a little 
    drunk 
    and 

    you 
    land 
    in 
    jail 

    I 
    get 
    weary 
    and 
    so 
    sick 
    of trying 

    I'm 
    tired 
    of 
    living, 

    but I'm feared 
    of 
    dying 


    And 

    Old 
    Man 
    River, 

    he 
    just 
    keeps 
    rolling 
    along 


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