Chords for Paul Robeson - Ol' Man River (Showboat - 1936) J.Kern O. Hammerstein II

[F] _ [Bb] _ There's an old man called the _ [Eb] Mississippi, _ [Bb] that's the old man that I'd like [F] to be.
[Gm] What does he care if the [Eb] world's got troubles?
_ [Bb] What does [Gm] he care [Cm] if the _ [F] land's _
[Bb] free? _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] And river, [Bb] that old man [Eb] river, [Bb] he must know something, _ but don't say nothing.
[F] He just [Eb] keeps rolling, _ [Bb] he keeps _ [Cm] on rolling _ [Bb] along. _ _
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He don't [Gm] plant _ shaders, [Bb] he don't [Eb] plant cotton, _ [Bb] _
them [Gm] that plants them [Bb] is soon _ _ [A] forgotten.
_ But [F] old man [Eb] river, _ [Bb]
he just [Cm] keeps rolling _ [Bb] _
along. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] You and [A] me, [Dm] we sweat [A] and _ strain, [Dm] body [A] all aching [Dm] and wracked with [A] _ pain.
[Dm] Tote that [G] boat, [Dm] lift that [Db] _ bale, [Dm] you get a [G] little drunk _ and [Dm] you're _ _ _ _ [Cm] _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Gm] like_ _
Weary [Bb] and sick [Eb] of crying, _ [Bb] I'm tired [F] of living [Gm] and scared _ [C] of dying.
_ _ [Bb] But old _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
man river, he _ just _ [F] keeps rolling _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ along.
Ducky, Dull, wake up, _ _ [Eb] Mississippi, _ [Bb] Mississippi, _ _ _ _ [F] _
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_ [Dm] _ _ [Db] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
[Dm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
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[Eb] _ _ [G] let me go away from the [Cm] white man's boss.
Show [Gb] me that dream called the river _ [Bb] Jordan, [Ab] _ that's the old dream that I_
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_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ Old _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
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man, [F] he's every _ _ _ _ _ deal, now _ _ _ [Bb] _
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he's full of_
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_ [Dm] You and [E] me, [Dm] we sweat [E] and strain, [Dm] _ body [E] all aching [Dm] and wracked with [Db] _
[Dm] pain.
Tote that [E] boat, [Dm] _
_ _ [E] _ lift [Dm] that bale, you get a little [E] drunk and you're like_
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