Ol' Man River Chords

Lyrics & chords

[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]