Old Rivers Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][C][G][D]
[G]

[Verse 1]
[G]How old was I
when I first seen [C]Old Rivers?
I can't [G]remember when he
weren't [D]around
[G]Well, that old fella did a heap [C]of work
Spent his whole [G]life walk
[D]ing plowed [G]ground

[Verse 2]
[G]He had a one- room shack
not far [C]from us and
Well, we was about [G]as poor as [D]him
[G]He had one old mule he called Midnight
[C]And I'd tra[G]iled along aft[D]er the[G]m

[Verse 3]
He used [G]to plow them rows
[C]Straight and deep
An[G]d I'd come along there [D]behind
A- [G]bustin' up clods with my own bare [C]feet
[G]Old Rivers was a friend [D]of mine[G]

[Verse 4]
[G]The sun'd get high and
[C]That mule would work
And [G]Old Rivers'd finally say,
[D]"Whoa!"
[G]He'd wipe his brow
And lean [C]back on the reins
And talk [G]about a place he
[D]was gonna [G]go

[Verse 5]
He'd say, [C]one of these days
I'm gonna [G]climb that mountain
[D]Walk up there among [G]them clouds
Where [C]the cotton's high
And [G]the corn's a- growin'
And there [D]ain't no fields to plow

[Interlude 1]
[G][Ab]
[Eb]

[Verse 6]
[Eb]I got a let[Ab]ter today from the
[Db]folks back home and
They [Ab]all find crops is d[Eb]ry
[Ab]Down at the end mom said, [Db]"Son
[Ab]You know Old Rivers [Eb]died."[Ab]

[Verse 7]
[Ab]Sittin' here now in this
new- [Db]plowed earth
[Ab]Try ing to find me a little [Eb]shade
With [Ab]the sun beatin' down
'Cross [Db]the fields I see
[Ab]That mule, [Eb]old Rivers and [Ab]me
Now, [Db]one of these days
I'm gonna [Ab]climb that mountain
[Eb]Walk up there amon[Ab]g them clouds
Where the [Db]cotton's high
And the [Ab]corn's a- growin'
And [Eb]there ain't no fields to [Ab]plow
With [Db]the sun beating down
Across [Ab]the fields I [Fm]see
[Ab]That mule
[Eb]Old Rivers
And [Ab]me