Chords for Ol' Man River -- Norm Lewis

_ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[C] There's an old man called a Mississippi.
That's the old man that I like to be
[Am] What does he care if the [Dm] world's got troubles?
[C] What does he care if the land [C] ain't free? _ _ _ _
[Am] River, _ [C] _ _ [F] river
He must know something
But don't [A] say nothing
[G] He just keeps rolling
He keeps [D] on rolling
[C] Along _ _ _ _
He don't [Am] plant taters
He [C] don't plant [F] cotton
[C] And them that plants them
Is soon [Eb]
forgotten
[G] But old man river
[D] He just [G] keeps rolling [C] Along _ _ _
[Em] You and me, we [Am] sweat and strain
[Em] Body all aching [Em] and racked with pain
Tote [Gb] that pot and lift that [Eb] bale
You gets a little drunk and [Em] you lands in the jail
[G] Gets _ [C] _ _ [Am] weary [C] and sick [F] of trying
[C] I'm tired of [G] living and [Am] scared [D] of dying
[C] But old _ [Am] _
man [Dm] he just [G] keeps rolling _
[C] Along
_ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
Colored folks work on the Mississippi
Colored folks work while the white folks play
Pulling them boats from dawn till sunset
Getting no rest till the judgment day
[Em] Don't look up and don't look down
Give no last make of a white folks [Em] crown
Bend your knees and bow your head
_ _ [C] Until you're dead
[G] _ [C] Let me go away from the Mississippi
[A] Let me go away from the white man boss
[Bm] Show me that stream called the river Jordan
[Bb] That's the old stream that I long to [C]
cross
And [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ [G] _ he keeps rolling
Oh _ _
_ _ [C] no river [C] for him
[F] He keeps rolling
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[C] _ _ _ Is soon forgotten
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] He keeps [C] singing the song
[Em] You and me, we sweat and strain
[Am] Body all aching and [Em] racked with pain
[Em] Tote that pot and lift that bale
You get a little drunk and you lands in the [D] _ [G] jail _
_ _ _ [C] _ Gets [Am] weary and sick [F] of trying
[C] I'm tired [G] of living [Am] and scared [D] of dying
But [C] old _ [Am] _
[Dm] man he just keeps rolling
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _