Ol' Man River

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[Verse 1]
[C][Bb][C]
[Bb]Here[C] we
all work along the
Mississippi
[F]Here [C]we all work while the
white folk [D]play
[C]Pullin' them boats from
the dawn till [F]sunset
Get[C]tin' no rest till the
[D]judgment [G]day[C]
[Em]Don't look up and don't
look down
You don't ask me,
the boss man frowned
Bend [Am]your knees and [Em]bow [Am]your head
And [Em]pull that [Am]rope un[Em]til you're [Dm]dead[G]
Let [C]me go away from the
Mississippi
[F]Let [C]me go away from
the white man [D]boss
Show [C]me that stream called the
River
[F]Jordan
[C]That's the old stream
that I [D]long [G]to [C]cross
Old
Man
[Am]River, that
[C]Old
Man
[F]River
He [C]must know [F]something,
but [C]he don't say [Am]nothing
He [D]just [Dm]keeps [G]rolling,
[Dm]he keep[Ddim]s on ro[G]lling along[C][Bb][Am]
[G]He don[C]'t plant tat[Am]ers,
and he [C]don't plant [Am]cot ton
[F]An [C]d them what [Dm]plantin'
[G]are [Am]soon [D]forgotten
But [Dm]old
Man
[G]River just [Dm]keep [G]s rollin' al[C]ong[Bb][C]
[B]You [Em]an d me, w[Am]e sweat and[Em] strain
[Am]Body [Em]all achin' [Am]and racked w[Em]ith pain
[A]Tote [Em]that barge, [Am]lift [Em]that bale
[Am]You get [Em]a little drunk a[Am]nd
you land [Em]in ja[Dm]il[G]
I [C]get [Am]sweary and I'm [C]sick of trying
[F]I'm[C] tired of liv[Dm]in',
[Am]but I'm scared of [D]dyin'
And [C]old [Am]man
River, he just [Dm]keeps [G]rollin'
Allah
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