Chords for Samuel Ramey-Old Man River from Showboat.mpg

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[F] _ _ [A#] _ Joe, did you [D#m] see that young man I was talking [B] to?
_ [C#m] Morning, Miss Nola.
_ _ Yeah, I [D] seen him. _
[G] Seen a [C] lot like him on the [G] river.
Oh, Joe, [C] he was such a gentleman.
[G] Have you seen Miss Julie?
_ I've got to find Miss Julie.
I've got to ask her [Em] what she thinks.
_ [C] _ Better ask [D] the old river what he thinks.
[C] _ _
He [G] knows all about them boys. _ _
[A] He knows [G] all about everything. _
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_ [C] _ There's an old man _ called the _ _ _ [F] _ _
Mississippi. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] That's the old man I would _ _ [Am] like to [F] _
[G] be. _ _ _ _ _
What [Am] _ does he care _ [F] if the _ world's got [Dm] _ trouble? _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ What does he [Am] _
_ _ care if [Dm] the _ _ [G] land's _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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a river?
_ _ [Dm] _ [C] He _ _ must know _ _ something, _ _ _ [G] but [C] he _ don't say _ _ _ _ nothing.
_ _ He [G]
just _ _ _ _ _ [C] keeps rolling, _ _ _ he [G] _
_ _ keeps _ _ [Em] [G] on _ rolling _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ along. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ He _ _ _ _ _ _ _ don't let _ [Am] _
_ _ _ tabers, _ [C] he _ don't let_
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_ _ _ [Dm] _ [C] And _ damn _ _ [Am] _ and _ serve _ [C] is _ _ soon _ _ [D#] _ _ forgotten. _ _
_ _ _ [G] But _ old _ [C] man _ river, _ _ _ he _ just _ keeps [G] _ rolling _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ along. _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ [Em] You _ [Am] and me, [Em] we sweat and [F#] strain.
_ [Em] Body [F#] all aching [Em] and wracked with [F#] _ pain.
[Em] Took [F#] that _ pot, [Em]
lit that [D#] _ _ pail.
[Em] Get a little [Am] _ drunk [Cm] _ and [Em] you _ land _ _ _ in [Dm] _ _ jail. _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] It's weary _ _ _ and [C] _
_ sick, _ _ [F] a-trying.
_ _ _ _ [C] I'm _ tired _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] and _ _ _ _ fiddled.
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_ _ _ [C] But _ old _ _ _ _ [A] man river, _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Dm] he _ just _ _ _ [G] keeps _ rolling _ _ _ _ _ _
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along.
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ Colored folks work on the [F] Mississippi.
_ [C] Colored folks work while the white [G] folks play.
[C] Pulling those boats from the dawn [Dm] to [C] sunset.
Pitting the rest [D] till [G] the judgment [C] day.
[Em] Don't look up and don't look [F#] down.
[Em] And don't [F#] mess with [Em] the white [B] folks' crown.
[Em]
Bend [F#] your knees [Em] and bow [E] your head.
[Em] And for [A] that go [C] until _ [F] you're _ [G] dead.
[C] Let me go away from the [F] Mississippi.
[A] Let me go away from the white [Dm] man's [Bm] halls.
Show me that stream called the river [C] _
Jordan.
[A#] _ That's the old _ stream that I [G] long _ [C] to _ cross. _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ Old _ [Am] man _ river, _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ [C] he _ just _ keeps _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ rolling _ [C] along.
_ Long [F] old river _ _ [C] keeps _ rolling [F] along.
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[C] The sweet old _ [F] _ grandpa's _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ house [C] is so _ [D#] quiet. _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ He _ just keeps rolling _ _ [C] along. _
Long [F] old _ _ _ [C] river keeps here and that's _ all.
_ [Em] _ You and [B] me _ [Em] _ _ and [Am] stray. _
[Em] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ [Em] Took that [F#] pot, _ _ [Em] lit that _ [Am]
pail.
[Em] _ Get a [Am] little drunk _ [Em] and you _ land _ _ in [Dm] _ jail. _ _ _
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_ _ _ [Am] He's weary _ _ _ and [C] _ _ sick but _ _ [F] _ dry. _ _
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_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Dm] He's dry _ _ _ _ [G] and _ _ spry. _ _ _ _
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