Chords for Frank Sinatra - Ol' Man River
Tempo:
141.15 bpm
Chords used:
C
Em
F
G
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[C]
[D#] [A#]
[C]
[Cm] [F]
[C]
Here we all work along the [F] Mississippi [C] Here we all work while the [D] white folk [G] play
[C] Pulling them boats from [Gm] the dawn [Fm] till sunset [C] Getting no rest till [D] the [F] judgment [C] day
[Em] Don't [F#] look up and [Em] don't look [F#] down [Em] You don't [Am] dass make [Em] the boss [F#]
man frown
[Em] Bend [F#] your [Em] knees and bow [F#] your head [Em]
And pull [D] that rope [Em] until you're [G]
dead
[C] Let me go away from the [F] Mississippi [C]
Let me go away from [D] the white [G] man boss
[Gm] Show me that stream, call her the River [Fm] Jordan [C] That's the old stream that I [D] long
[F] to crawl
[C]
Old Man [Am] River, [C] that old man [Am] river He [C]
don't say [F] nothing but [C] he must know [A]
something
He [Dm] just [G] keeps rolling, [C#] he keeps [G] on rolling
[C]
alone
[A#] He [Am] [G#]
[F]
[C] don't [G] plant taters [C]
and he don't plant [D] cotton
[C] And them what plants [G] some [Am] are soon [D#] forgotten But [Dm] old [C] man [Em] river
[Dm] just keeps [G] rolling
[C] along
You
[B]
[Em]
and [F#] me [Em] we sweat and [F#] strain
[Em] Body [F#] all aching [Em] and racked with [F#] pain
[Em]
Tote that [Bm] [Em] barge, lift that [Bm] bale [Am] You'll get [Em] a little [D] drunk and [Em] you'll land In [C] jail
[F]
[N] He
[C]
[Am] gets weary and [C]
sick [F] of trying I'm [C] tired [G] of living but [C] I'm scared [D] of dying
[C] And old man [Am] river [Dm] he just keeps [G] [F] rolling
[G] [C]
[D] [Cm]
[F] [C]
[N]
[D#] [A#]
[C]
[Cm] [F]
[C]
Here we all work along the [F] Mississippi [C] Here we all work while the [D] white folk [G] play
[C] Pulling them boats from [Gm] the dawn [Fm] till sunset [C] Getting no rest till [D] the [F] judgment [C] day
[Em] Don't [F#] look up and [Em] don't look [F#] down [Em] You don't [Am] dass make [Em] the boss [F#]
man frown
[Em] Bend [F#] your [Em] knees and bow [F#] your head [Em]
And pull [D] that rope [Em] until you're [G]
dead
[C] Let me go away from the [F] Mississippi [C]
Let me go away from [D] the white [G] man boss
[Gm] Show me that stream, call her the River [Fm] Jordan [C] That's the old stream that I [D] long
[F] to crawl
[C]
Old Man [Am] River, [C] that old man [Am] river He [C]
don't say [F] nothing but [C] he must know [A]
something
He [Dm] just [G] keeps rolling, [C#] he keeps [G] on rolling
[C]
alone
[A#] He [Am] [G#]
[F]
[C] don't [G] plant taters [C]
and he don't plant [D] cotton
[C] And them what plants [G] some [Am] are soon [D#] forgotten But [Dm] old [C] man [Em] river
[Dm] just keeps [G] rolling
[C] along
You
[B]
[Em]
and [F#] me [Em] we sweat and [F#] strain
[Em] Body [F#] all aching [Em] and racked with [F#] pain
[Em]
Tote that [Bm] [Em] barge, lift that [Bm] bale [Am] You'll get [Em] a little [D] drunk and [Em] you'll land In [C] jail
[F]
[N] He
[C]
[Am] gets weary and [C]
sick [F] of trying I'm [C] tired [G] of living but [C] I'm scared [D] of dying
[C] And old man [Am] river [Dm] he just keeps [G] [F] rolling
[G] [C]
[D] [Cm]
[F] [C]
[N]
Key:
C
Em
F
G
D
C
Em
F
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D#] _ [A#] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ [F] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Here we all work along the [F] Mississippi _ _ [C] Here we all work while the [D] white folk [G] play
_ _ [C] Pulling them boats from [Gm] the dawn [Fm] till sunset _ _ [C] Getting no _ rest till [D] the [F] judgment _ [C] _ day _
_ [Em] _ Don't [F#] look up and [Em] don't look [F#] down [Em] You don't [Am] dass make [Em] the boss [F#]
man frown
[Em] Bend [F#] your _ [Em] knees and bow [F#] your head [Em]
And pull _ [D] that rope _ [Em] until _ _ _ you're [G] _ _
dead
_ [C] _ Let _ me go away from the [F] Mississippi _ _ [C] _
Let me go away from [D] the white [G] man _ boss
_ [Gm] Show me that stream, call her the River [Fm] _ Jordan _ _ _ [C] That's _ the old _ stream _ that I [D] _ long _
[F] to _ _ crawl
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ Old _ _ Man [Am] _ River, _ _ _ [C] that _ old _ man _ [Am] river _ He _ [C] _
don't say [F] _ nothing but [C] he must know _ [A]
something
_ He [Dm] just _ _ [G] keeps rolling, _ _ [C#] he keeps _ _ [G] on _ rolling _
_ _ _ [C] _ _
alone
[A#] _ _ _ He [Am] _ _ _ [G#] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ don't [G] plant _ taters [C] _
and he don't _ plant [D] cotton _ _
[C] And them what plants [G] some [Am] are soon _ _ [D#] forgotten _ _ But [Dm] _ old [C] man _ [Em] river _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ just keeps _ [G] rolling _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] along
_ _ _ You _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _
and [F#] me [Em] we sweat and [F#] strain _ _
[Em] _ Body _ [F#] all aching [Em] and racked with [F#] _ pain
_ [Em] _
Tote that [Bm] _ _ [Em] barge, _ lift that [Bm] bale _ [Am] You'll get [Em] a little _ [D] drunk _ and [Em] you'll _ land _ _ _ In [C] jail
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [N] He _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [Am] gets weary _ _ and [C] _
sick _ [F] of trying I'm [C] _ tired [G] of living but [C] I'm scared [D] of dying _
[C] And _ old man [Am] river _ _ [Dm] he _ just keeps [G] _ [F] rolling
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [D] _ [Cm] _ _
_ [F] _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [N] _ _ _
_ _ _ [D#] _ [A#] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ [F] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Here we all work along the [F] Mississippi _ _ [C] Here we all work while the [D] white folk [G] play
_ _ [C] Pulling them boats from [Gm] the dawn [Fm] till sunset _ _ [C] Getting no _ rest till [D] the [F] judgment _ [C] _ day _
_ [Em] _ Don't [F#] look up and [Em] don't look [F#] down [Em] You don't [Am] dass make [Em] the boss [F#]
man frown
[Em] Bend [F#] your _ [Em] knees and bow [F#] your head [Em]
And pull _ [D] that rope _ [Em] until _ _ _ you're [G] _ _
dead
_ [C] _ Let _ me go away from the [F] Mississippi _ _ [C] _
Let me go away from [D] the white [G] man _ boss
_ [Gm] Show me that stream, call her the River [Fm] _ Jordan _ _ _ [C] That's _ the old _ stream _ that I [D] _ long _
[F] to _ _ crawl
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ Old _ _ Man [Am] _ River, _ _ _ [C] that _ old _ man _ [Am] river _ He _ [C] _
don't say [F] _ nothing but [C] he must know _ [A]
something
_ He [Dm] just _ _ [G] keeps rolling, _ _ [C#] he keeps _ _ [G] on _ rolling _
_ _ _ [C] _ _
alone
[A#] _ _ _ He [Am] _ _ _ [G#] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ don't [G] plant _ taters [C] _
and he don't _ plant [D] cotton _ _
[C] And them what plants [G] some [Am] are soon _ _ [D#] forgotten _ _ But [Dm] _ old [C] man _ [Em] river _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ just keeps _ [G] rolling _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] along
_ _ _ You _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _
and [F#] me [Em] we sweat and [F#] strain _ _
[Em] _ Body _ [F#] all aching [Em] and racked with [F#] _ pain
_ [Em] _
Tote that [Bm] _ _ [Em] barge, _ lift that [Bm] bale _ [Am] You'll get [Em] a little _ [D] drunk _ and [Em] you'll _ land _ _ _ In [C] jail
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [N] He _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [Am] gets weary _ _ and [C] _
sick _ [F] of trying I'm [C] _ tired [G] of living but [C] I'm scared [D] of dying _
[C] And _ old man [Am] river _ _ [Dm] he _ just keeps [G] _ [F] rolling
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [D] _ [Cm] _ _
_ [F] _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [N] _ _ _