Chords for Ol' Man River
Tempo:
124.55 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
D
Em
Am
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D#] [A#]
[Cm] [C]
[G]
[C]
Here we all work along the [F] Mississippi
[C] Here we all work while the white [D] folk [G] play
[E] Pulling them boats from the dawn till [Fm]
sunset
[C] Getting no rest till the
[D] judgment [C] day
Don't [F#] look up [Em] and don't look down
You don't ask [Am] make the boss man frown
[Em] bend your [E]
knees [Em] and
Bow your [E] head and [Em] pull
[F#] that rope
until
You're [D] dead
[C] Let me go away from the [F] Mississippi
[C]
Let me go away [D] from the white [G] man ball
[G] [Gm] Show me that stream call the river
[Fm]
Jordan
[C] That's the old stream
that I [D]
long to
[C] crawl
[F] [C]
That
[Am]
[C]
River
River
[Am] He don't say [F] nothing
But he [C] must know [A] something
He [Dm] just keeps [G] rolling
He [C#] keeps on
[G]
Rolling
[C] Along
[A#] [Am]
[G#] [F]
[C] He don't [Dm]
plantators and he [C] don't
Plant [Dm] cotton and
them what plants [G] um [Am] are soon
[D#] Forgotten [D] but old man [Em] river
[D] Just
keeps [G] rolling
[C] Along
[A]
[Em] You and [F#] me we sweat and [F#] strain
[Em] Body all aching and racked with [Am] pain
So that [F#] bars
Lift that [D] veil
[Em] You get a little [D] drunk and [Em] you land
In [G] jail
[F#] [E]
[C] Gets [Am] weary and
[C] Sick [F] of trying
[C] I'm tired
[Gm] Living [C] but I'm scared
[D] dying [C] and no
[Am] River he [Dm] just [G] keeps [D] rolling
[G] [N]
[C] [Dm] [Cm]
[C]
[Cm] [C]
[G]
[C]
Here we all work along the [F] Mississippi
[C] Here we all work while the white [D] folk [G] play
[E] Pulling them boats from the dawn till [Fm]
sunset
[C] Getting no rest till the
[D] judgment [C] day
Don't [F#] look up [Em] and don't look down
You don't ask [Am] make the boss man frown
[Em] bend your [E]
knees [Em] and
Bow your [E] head and [Em] pull
[F#] that rope
until
You're [D] dead
[C] Let me go away from the [F] Mississippi
[C]
Let me go away [D] from the white [G] man ball
[G] [Gm] Show me that stream call the river
[Fm]
Jordan
[C] That's the old stream
that I [D]
long to
[C] crawl
[F] [C]
That
[Am]
[C]
River
River
[Am] He don't say [F] nothing
But he [C] must know [A] something
He [Dm] just keeps [G] rolling
He [C#] keeps on
[G]
Rolling
[C] Along
[A#] [Am]
[G#] [F]
[C] He don't [Dm]
plantators and he [C] don't
Plant [Dm] cotton and
them what plants [G] um [Am] are soon
[D#] Forgotten [D] but old man [Em] river
[D] Just
keeps [G] rolling
[C] Along
[A]
[Em] You and [F#] me we sweat and [F#] strain
[Em] Body all aching and racked with [Am] pain
So that [F#] bars
Lift that [D] veil
[Em] You get a little [D] drunk and [Em] you land
In [G] jail
[F#] [E]
[C] Gets [Am] weary and
[C] Sick [F] of trying
[C] I'm tired
[Gm] Living [C] but I'm scared
[D] dying [C] and no
[Am] River he [Dm] just [G] keeps [D] rolling
[G] [N]
[C] [Dm] [Cm]
[C]
Key:
C
G
D
Em
Am
C
G
D
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D#] _ [A#] _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Here we all work along the [F] Mississippi
_ _ [C] Here we all work while the white [D] folk [G] play _ _
[E] Pulling them boats from the dawn till [Fm]
sunset
_ [C] Getting no _ rest till the
[D] judgment [C] _ _ day
_ _ Don't [F#] look up [Em] and don't look down
You don't ask [Am] make the boss man frown
[Em] bend your [E] _
knees [Em] and
Bow your [E] head and [Em] pull
_ [F#] that rope _
until
_ _ _ You're [D] dead _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ Let me go away from the [F] Mississippi
_ _ [C]
Let me go away [D] from the white [G] man ball
[G] _ [Gm] Show me that stream call the river
[Fm]
Jordan
_ _ _ _ [C] _ That's the old _ stream
that I [D] _
long _ to _ _ _
[C] crawl _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ That
_ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
River
River
[Am] _ _ He _ don't say [F] nothing _
But he [C] must know [A] something _
He [Dm] just keeps [G] rolling
He [C#] keeps on
_ [G] _
Rolling
_ _ _ _ [C] _ Along
_ [A#] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
[G#] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] He _ don't _ [Dm] _
plantators _ and he [C] _ don't
Plant [Dm] cotton and
_ _ them what plants [G] um _ [Am] are soon
_ [D#] _ Forgotten _ [D] but old man [Em] river _ _ _
[D] Just
_ _ keeps [G] rolling
_ _ _ _ [C] Along _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] You and [F#] me we sweat and [F#] strain
_ _ [Em] Body _ all aching and racked with [Am] pain _ _
_ So that [F#] bars _
Lift that [D] veil
_ [Em] You get a little _ [D] drunk _ and [Em] you land
_ _ _ In [G] _ jail _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ [E] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ Gets [Am] weary and
_ [C] Sick _ [F] of trying
_ [C] I'm tired
_ [Gm] Living [C] but I'm scared
_ [D] _ dying _ [C] and no
_ _ [Am] _ River _ he [Dm] _ just [G] keeps [D] rolling _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Dm] _ [Cm] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Here we all work along the [F] Mississippi
_ _ [C] Here we all work while the white [D] folk [G] play _ _
[E] Pulling them boats from the dawn till [Fm]
sunset
_ [C] Getting no _ rest till the
[D] judgment [C] _ _ day
_ _ Don't [F#] look up [Em] and don't look down
You don't ask [Am] make the boss man frown
[Em] bend your [E] _
knees [Em] and
Bow your [E] head and [Em] pull
_ [F#] that rope _
until
_ _ _ You're [D] dead _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ Let me go away from the [F] Mississippi
_ _ [C]
Let me go away [D] from the white [G] man ball
[G] _ [Gm] Show me that stream call the river
[Fm]
Jordan
_ _ _ _ [C] _ That's the old _ stream
that I [D] _
long _ to _ _ _
[C] crawl _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ That
_ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
River
River
[Am] _ _ He _ don't say [F] nothing _
But he [C] must know [A] something _
He [Dm] just keeps [G] rolling
He [C#] keeps on
_ [G] _
Rolling
_ _ _ _ [C] _ Along
_ [A#] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
[G#] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] He _ don't _ [Dm] _
plantators _ and he [C] _ don't
Plant [Dm] cotton and
_ _ them what plants [G] um _ [Am] are soon
_ [D#] _ Forgotten _ [D] but old man [Em] river _ _ _
[D] Just
_ _ keeps [G] rolling
_ _ _ _ [C] Along _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] You and [F#] me we sweat and [F#] strain
_ _ [Em] Body _ all aching and racked with [Am] pain _ _
_ So that [F#] bars _
Lift that [D] veil
_ [Em] You get a little _ [D] drunk _ and [Em] you land
_ _ _ In [G] _ jail _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ [E] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ Gets [Am] weary and
_ [C] Sick _ [F] of trying
_ [C] I'm tired
_ [Gm] Living [C] but I'm scared
_ [D] _ dying _ [C] and no
_ _ [Am] _ River _ he [Dm] _ just [G] keeps [D] rolling _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Dm] _ [Cm] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _