Ol Man River Chords

OL' MAN RIVER
Lyrics by: Oscar Hammerstein II
Music by: Jerome Kern
From the Musical "Show Boat" (1936)
 
Frank Sinatra recorded this song at least 3 times.
 
These lyrics are from the 1963 arrangement conducted by Nelson Riddle
https://youtu.be/BoLWw7vtO24
 
 
[Intro]
C  G  C
 
[Verse 1]
C                                F
Here we all work 'long the Mississippi,
C                           Am   C    G
Here we all work, while the rich folk play,
C                                    Am
Pullin' 'em boats from the dawn till sunset,
C                        G7  G    C
Gettin' no rest till the judgment day.
 
 
[Bridge]
Em         Am      Em         Am
Don't look up, and don't look down,
    Em          Am       Em       Am
You don't dares make the boss man frown,
Em        F#m        Em       F#m
Bend your knees, and bow your head,
    Em        F#m    C   Em     Dm  G
And pull that rope until you're dead.
 
 
[Verse 2]
C                             F
Let me go away from the Mississippi,
C                       Am    C   G
Let me go away from the white man boss,
C                               F     C  Dm
Show me that stream, called the River Jordan,
C                             Dm   G7 C
That's the old stream, that I long to cross.
 
 
[Chorus]
C       Am          C       Am
Old Man River, that Old Man River,
   C         F               C    Am   C
He don't say nothin', but he must know somethin'.
Am C          G7
He just keeps rollin',
   C        G7      G C    F  C  G7
He keeps on rollin' along.
 
 
[Verse 3]
   C           FM7            C           FM7
He don't plant taters, and he don't plant cotton,
    C         FM7            C       FM7
And them what plants 'em are soon forgotten,
    C       Dm     C          Dm       C       F  C  Dm
But Old Man River, just keeps rollin' along.
 
 
[Bridge]
Em       Am     Em        Am
You, and me, we sweat and strain,
Em       Am          Em          Am
Body all achin', and racked with pain,
Em        F      Em        F
Tote that barge, lift that bale,
    Em           F              Em       Dm G
You get a little drunk, and you lands in jail.
 
 
[Outro]
C      FM7       C       FM7
I gets weary and sick of tryin',
    C        Dm C            F         Dm Dm7
I'm tired of livin', but I'm scared of dyin'
     C       Dm C   Dm C          Dm  C   Dm C  Dm C
That Old Man River, he just keeps rollin' along.
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