Key: C
Introduction:
C G7
Colored folks work on the Mississipi, colored folks work while the white folks play
C7 F C Am7 D7 G7 C
Pullin' those boats from the dawn to sunset, gittin' no rest till the judgement day
Em Am6 Em Am6 Em Am6 Em B7
Don't look up an' don't look down, you don't dast make the white boss frown
Em Cº Em Cº Em Em7 F#m7 Cº Dm7 C
Bend yo' knees bow yo' head, an' pull that hope until yo're dead
C7 A7 Dm
Let me go'way from the Mississipi, let me go 'way, from the white men boss
Fº C Bb7 G7 C G7
Show me that stream called the river Jordan, that's the ol' stream that I long to cross
C Am C F C F C Am
Ol' man river, ol' man river, he must know sumpin' but don't say nothing
G7 Dm7 G7 C Dm7 C
He jus' keeps rollin' He keeps on rollin' along
Am C F C Am C Cº
He don't planttaters, he don't plant cotton, an' them dat plants'em is soon forgoten
G7 Dm7 G7 C F C Am B7
But ol' man river he jus' keeps rollin' along
Em B7 Em B7 Em6 Cº Em B7
You an' me we sweat an' strain, body all aching' an' racked wid pain
Em Cº Em Cº Em Cº Em Dm G7
"Tote dat barge". "Lift dat bale "Git a little drunk an' land in jail
C Am C F C G7 Am D7
Ah gits weary an' sick of tryin' a'm tired of living' an' skeered of dying'
C Am Dm G7 C Fm C Dm7 G7
But Ol' man river, he jus' keep rollin' along
C Am C F C F C Am
Ol' man river, ol' man river, he must know sumpin' but don't say nothing
G7 Dm7 G7 C Dm7 C
He jus' keeps rollin' He keeps on rollin' along
Am C F C Am C Cº
He don't planttaters, he don't plant cotton, an' them dat plants'em is soon forgoten
G7 Dm7 G7 C F C Am B7
But ol' man river he jus' keeps rollin' along
Em B7 Em B7 Em6 Cº Em B7
You an' me we sweat an' strain, body all aching' an' racked wid pain
Em Cº Em Cº Em Cº Em Dm G7
"Tote dat barge". "Lift dat bale "Git a little drunk an' land in jail
C Am C F C G7 Am D7
Ah gits weary an' sick of tryin' a'm tired of living' an' skeered of dying'
C Am Dm G7 C F G7 C
But Ol' man river, he jus' keep rollin' along
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