Ol Man River chords by Roy Hamilton

Chords with lyrics

Intro: C majorC Am7Am7 Dm7Dm7 G7G7

C majorC                                                               G7G7
Colored folks work on the Mississipi, colored folks work while the white folks play
 C7C7                            FF     C majorC         Am7Am7   D7D7  G7G7  C majorC
Pullin' those boats from the dawn to sunset, gittin' no rest till the judgement day
E minorEm      Am6Am6 E minorEm       Am6Am6     E minorEm      Am6Am6    E minorEm      B7B7
Don't look up an' don't look down, you don't dast make the white boss frown
E minorEm     CdimCdim E minorEm    CdimCdim   E minorEm E minor 7Em7 F#m7F#m7 CdimCdim        Dm7Dm7 C majorC
Bend yo' knees bow yo' head, an' pull that hope     until yo're dead
C7C7                           A7A7                           DmDm
Let me go'way from the Mississipi, let me go 'way, from the white men boss
FdimFdim                          C majorC    Bb7Bb7                      G7G7 C majorC   G7G7
Show me that stream called the river Jordan, that's the ol' stream that I long to cross
C majorC      A minorAm  C majorC     FF       C majorC        FF         C majorC      A minorAm
Ol' man river, ol' man river, he must know sumpin' but don't say nothing,
   G7G7               Dm7Dm7    G7G7   C majorC    Dm7Dm7 C majorC
He jus' keeps rollin'; He keeps on rollin' along
           A minorAm      C majorC        FF       C majorC      A minorAm       C majorC      CdimCdim
He don't planttaters, he don't plant cotton, an' them dat plants'em is soon forgoten
G7G7        Dm7Dm7           G7G7     C majorC  FF C majorC A minorAm B7B7
But ol' man river he jus' keeps rollin' along
E minorEm     B7B7    E minorEm     B7B7  Em6Em6    CdimCdim     E minorEm       B7B7
You an' me we sweat an' strain, body all aching' an' racked wid pain
  E minorEm     CdimCdim   E minorEm   CdimCdim E minorEm       CdimCdim   E minorEm    DmDm G7G7
" Tote dat barge". " Lift dat bale ". Git a little drunk an' land in jail
C majorC     A minorAm      C majorC    FF        C majorC     G7G7      A minorAm      D7D7
Ah gits weary an' sick of tryin' a'm tired of living' an' skeered of dying'
    C majorC      A minorAm    DmDm     G7G7    C majorC   F minorFm C majorC Dm7Dm7 G7G7
But Ol' man river, he jus' keep rollin' along
C majorC      A minorAm  C majorC     FF       C majorC        FF         C majorC      A minorAm
Ol' man river, ol' man river, he must know sumpin' but don't say nothing
   G7G7               Dm7Dm7    G7G7   C majorC    Dm7Dm7 C majorC
He jus' keeps rollin'; He keeps on rollin' along
           A minorAm      C majorC        FF       C majorC      A minorAm       C majorC      CdimCdim
He don't planttaters, he don't plant cotton, an' them dat plants'em is soon forgoten
G7G7        Dm7Dm7           G7G7     C majorC  FF C majorC A minorAm B7B7
But ol' man river he jus' keeps rollin' along
E minorEm     B7B7    E minorEm     B7B7  Em6Em6    CdimCdim     E minorEm       B7B7
You an' me we sweat an' strain, body all aching' an' racked wid pain
  E minorEm     CdimCdim   E minorEm   CdimCdim E minorEm       CdimCdim   E minorEm    DmDm G7G7
" Tote dat barge". " Lift dat bale ". Git a little drunk an' land in jail
C majorC     A minorAm      C majorC    FF        C majorC     G7G7      A minorAm      D7D7
Ah gits weary an' sick of tryin' a'm tired of living' an' skeered of dying'
    C majorC      A minorAm    DmDm     G7G7    C majorC   FF G7G7 C majorC
But Ol' man river, he jus' keep rollin' along