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Ol' Man River Chords
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[Verse 1] [Am]Ther[D]e's [Bm]an o[D]ld[G][Bm] man [G]called the Mis[C]sissippi [F]Now tha[G]t's the old man that [Em]I like [F]to be[Dm] [G]Oh, what does he care if the world's got [C]troubles?[Cm][F] [Em]What does he care if the land's not[A] [Am]free?[D] [G][Dsus4][G][Dsus4] [Verse 2] [G]Ol' man riv[Dsus4]er [G]That ol' man riv[Dsus4]er [G]Well, he must know [Am]somethin' But [Bm]he don't say [E]nothin' He [Am]keeps [D]on rollin' He [Am]just keeps [D]rollin' [G]along [Dsus4] [Verse 3] [G][Dsus4] [G]Man don't plant [Dsus4]taters [G]And he don't plant cot[Dsus4]ton[D] [Bm]Yes, and them those [C]plants them is [Em]soon forgot[A]ten [Am]He [Verse 4] keeps on [D]rollin' [Esus4]He just keep[Am]s rollin'[Dsus4] along [G][Dsus4] [Verse 5] [G][F#] [Bm]Oh, you [E]and me, [Bm]we're just the s[E]ame[Bm] Bodies all [C#m]achin' [F#]and [Bm]wracked [E]with pain[F#][Bm] Tote [A]that barge, better [G]lift that [F#]bale[Daug] [Bm]You get a little drunk[F#] and you [Bm]land [E]in [Am]jail[D] [Verse 6] [G]I get w[Dsus4]eary [G]And sick of [D]tryin'[Dsus4] [G]'Til I'm tired of liv[Am]in' And I'm [Bm]scared [G]of dyi[C]n' [Verse 7] But [F]ol' man [Em]river, [Am]he keeps on ro[D]llin' [Bm]That ol' man [E]river, he just [Am]keeps [Bm]on r[C]ollin' I said that [G]ol' [Ebdim]man river[Em], [Am]keeps on rolli[Dsus4]n' along[D][G][Dsus4] [G]Ol' man riv[Dsus4]er [G][C][Cm][F]
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