Chords for The Temptations - Ol' Man River
Tempo:
144.4 bpm
Chords used:
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F
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Eb
Gm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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Here we all work on the [N]
Mississippi.
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[Gm]
[Eb] [Bb]
[Gm] [Eb]
[Bb]
Here we all work on the [N]
Mississippi.
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_ _ _ _ Here we all work _ on the [N]
Mississippi.
_ _ Here we all work _ [Ab] while the rich must pay.
_ [N] Getting no rest from the dawn till the sunset. _ _
_ Getting no rest _ till the judgment _ _ day.
_ _ You don't look up, you don't look down, you don't dare make the rich boss proud.
Bend your knees _ _ and bow your heads _ _ and tote that barge _ _ _ until _ you're dead. _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
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_ _ [Bb] Let me go away _ from the [Eb] Mississippi. _ _ _ _
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[Bb] Let me go away _ from the rich [F] man's bow.
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ Show me that _ stream called the [Eb] River of Joy. _ _ _
That's _ _ _ [Bb] the old stream _ _ _
[Fm] that I _ long _ _ [F] _ to _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] cross.
_ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
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_ _ [Ebm] _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ [Gm] _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ Old [Eb] Man River, _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
that Old [Eb] Man River.
[Gm] _ [Cm] _ [Bb] _ _
It don't say nothing, _ _ _ _ but it must know _ something.
_ [Eb] _ _ [F] _ _
_ Old [Dm] Man [F] River, _ _ _ _ _ _
it just [Dm] keeps [F] _
rolling _ [G] _ _ [Bb] along.
_ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
It don't [Eb] plant tatters, _ _ _ [Bb] _
and it _ don't [Eb] plant cotton.
_ _ _ [Bb] _
And bend that platter, _ _ _ _ _ I'll _ soon pour that in.
[Eb] _ _ [F] _ _
But Old Man River, _ [Eb] _ _ [F] _ _
it just keeps _ _ [Dm] rolling _ _ [Bb] _ along.
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ You know, _ _ [Dm] you and [A]
me, [Dm] some day we'll have to sweat, sweat and strike.
_ [A] Our bodies all [Dm] aching and [A] black [D] with pain.
[C] Tote that [Dm] barge, tote that barge, [Db] tote that barge, tote that [Dm] barge, tote that _ [C] barge.
_ _ [Dm] Get a little truck, [E] get a little truck, get [A] a little truck.
_ _ _ _ And [Dm] you land, you gotta land, yes you _ _ land _ _ in _
[G] _ jail. _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
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_ _ [Db] _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ I get [Eb] weary, _ _ more [Bb] love, _ and so sick [Eb] of trying.
_ _ [Bb] I'm tired [F] of living [Gm] like clay [C] or flying.
[Bb] But Old [Gm] Man River, [Cm] it just keeps rolling _ [F] along.
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
Old [Gm] _ [Cm] Man River, it just keeps rolling [Ab] _ [Dm] _ _
[Eb] along.
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
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_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _
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_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
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_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Here we all work _ on the [N]
Mississippi.
_ _ Here we all work _ [Ab] while the rich must pay.
_ [N] Getting no rest from the dawn till the sunset. _ _
_ Getting no rest _ till the judgment _ _ day.
_ _ You don't look up, you don't look down, you don't dare make the rich boss proud.
Bend your knees _ _ and bow your heads _ _ and tote that barge _ _ _ until _ you're dead. _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [Bb] Let me go away _ from the [Eb] Mississippi. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _
[Bb] Let me go away _ from the rich [F] man's bow.
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ Show me that _ stream called the [Eb] River of Joy. _ _ _
That's _ _ _ [Bb] the old stream _ _ _
[Fm] that I _ long _ _ [F] _ to _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] cross.
_ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [Ebm] _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ [Gm] _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ Old [Eb] Man River, _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
that Old [Eb] Man River.
[Gm] _ [Cm] _ [Bb] _ _
It don't say nothing, _ _ _ _ but it must know _ something.
_ [Eb] _ _ [F] _ _
_ Old [Dm] Man [F] River, _ _ _ _ _ _
it just [Dm] keeps [F] _
rolling _ [G] _ _ [Bb] along.
_ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
It don't [Eb] plant tatters, _ _ _ [Bb] _
and it _ don't [Eb] plant cotton.
_ _ _ [Bb] _
And bend that platter, _ _ _ _ _ I'll _ soon pour that in.
[Eb] _ _ [F] _ _
But Old Man River, _ [Eb] _ _ [F] _ _
it just keeps _ _ [Dm] rolling _ _ [Bb] _ along.
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ You know, _ _ [Dm] you and [A]
me, [Dm] some day we'll have to sweat, sweat and strike.
_ [A] Our bodies all [Dm] aching and [A] black [D] with pain.
[C] Tote that [Dm] barge, tote that barge, [Db] tote that barge, tote that [Dm] barge, tote that _ [C] barge.
_ _ [Dm] Get a little truck, [E] get a little truck, get [A] a little truck.
_ _ _ _ And [Dm] you land, you gotta land, yes you _ _ land _ _ in _
[G] _ jail. _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
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_ _ [Db] _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ I get [Eb] weary, _ _ more [Bb] love, _ and so sick [Eb] of trying.
_ _ [Bb] I'm tired [F] of living [Gm] like clay [C] or flying.
[Bb] But Old [Gm] Man River, [Cm] it just keeps rolling _ [F] along.
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
Old [Gm] _ [Cm] Man River, it just keeps rolling [Ab] _ [Dm] _ _
[Eb] along.
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
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