Ol' Man River(Chords)

	        Intro: C Am7 Dm7 G7 

C                                                          
Colored folks work on the Mississipi 
                                                                    G7 
Colored folks work while the white folks play 
 C7                                                       F      
Pullin' those boats from the dawn to sunset 
     C                 Am7      D7    G7   C 
Gittin' no rest till the judgement day 
Em            Am6  Em              Am6 
Don't look up an' don't look down 
         Em           Am6        Em            B7 
You don't dast make the white boss frown  
Em          Cdim  Em        Cdim 
Bend yo' knees bow yo' head,  
      Em  Em7 F#m7 Cdim               Dm7 C 
An' pull  that  hope         until yo're dead  
C7                                                      
Let me go'way from the Mississipi 
A7                                                     Dm 
Let me go 'way, from the white men boss  
Fdim                                                    C        
Show me that stream called the river Jordan 
Bb7                                            G7 C       G7 
That's the ol' stream that I long to  cross  
C           Am    C          F      
Ol' man river, ol' man river  
        C                F                 C           Am                         
He must know sumpin' but don't say nothing  
      G7                             Dm7       G7      C       Dm7 C  
He jus' keeps rollin'; He keeps on rollin' along  
                      Am           C               F       
He don't planttaters, he don't plant cotton 
        C            Am              C           Cdim 
An' them dat plants'em is soon forgoten  
G7               Dm7                     G7         C    F C Am B7 
But ol' man river he jus' keeps rollin' along    
Em         B7       Em          B7     
You an' me we sweat an' strain  
Em6        Cdim         Em             B7 
Body all aching' an' racked wid pain 
   Em         Cdim     Em      Cdim   
' Tote dat barge'. ' Lift dat bale ' 
Em             Cdim      Em       Dm  G7 
Git a little drunk an' land in jail.  
C          Am            C        F             
Ah gits weary an' sick of tryin' a'm  
   C          G7            Am            D7 
Tired of living' an' skeered of dying'  
  
      C            Am       Dm         G7       C      Fm C Dm7 G7 
But Ol' man river, he jus' keep rollin' along 
C           Am    C          F                                      
Ol' man river, ol' man river  
      C                F                  C                  Am 
He must know sumpin' but don't say nothing  
      G7                             Dm7       G7      C       Dm7 C  
He jus' keeps rollin', He keeps on rollin' along  
                      Am           C               F        
He don't planttaters, he don't plant cotton  
       C            Am              C           Cdim 
An' them dat plants'em is soon forgoten  
G7               Dm7                     G7         C    F C Am B7 
But ol' man river he jus' keeps rollin' along    
Em         B7       Em          B7     
You an' me we sweat an' strain  
Em6        Cdim         Em             B7 
Body all aching' an' racked wid pain 
   Em         Cdim     Em      Cdim   
' Tote dat barge'. ' Lift dat bale ' 
Em             Cdim      Em       Dm  G7 
Git a little drunk an' land in jail  
C          Am            C        F                
Ah gits weary an' sick of tryin' a'm 
 C          G7            Am            D7 
Tired of living' an' skeered of dying'  
       C            Am       Dm         G7       C      F G7 C 
But Ol' man river, he jus' keep rollin' along
	        

Written by Oscar Hammerstein and Jerome Kern