Old Rivers Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][C][G][D]
[G]

[Verse 1]
How old was I [C]when I
first seen Old [G]Rivers
I can't remember when he
weren't [D]around[G]
That old fellow he did a heap [C]of work he spent
his whole [G]life walkin' plowed [D]ground[G]
He had the one roomed [C]shack not far from us
[G]well we's about as poor as [D]him[G]
He had one old mule he used [C]to call Midnight
[G]I'd tread along af[D]ter [G]then
He used to plow them [C]rows just straight
and [G]deep and I'd come along behind
[D]Bus[G]tin' up plows with my own[C] bare feet
[G]Old Rivers h[D]e was a friend of [G]mine
The sun had get high and [C]that old mule he'd work
[G]Old Rivers he'd finally say [D]whoa[G]
He'd wipe his brow and he'd
[C]laid back on them reins
[G]He'd talk about tha[D]t place
he's wanna [G]go
He used to say [C]one of these days
I'm gonna [G]climb that mountain
[D]I'm gonna walk up there
among them [G]Clouds
[C]Where the cotton's high and the[G] cor[D]ns're
growin' and there ain't no fields [G]to plow
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[Verse 2]
[Ab]
I got a letter today it's from
[Db]the folks back home
[Ab]They're all doin' fine the
[Eb]crop's a little dry[Ab]
Mom said [Db]down near the end,
[Ab]you heard Old [Eb]Rivers died[Ab]
Sittin' here now on [Db]this new plowed earth
[Ab]just tryin' find a little [Eb]shade
[Ab]Well sun's beatin' down cross [Db]them fields now I
can see [Ab]that [Eb]mule Old River[Ab]s and me
I hear 'em sayin' [Db]one of these
[Ab]days...[Eb][Ab][Db]
[Ab][Eb][Ab]
With [Db]the sun beaitin' down cross them [Ab]fields
[Fm](I see) that mule Old Rivers and me