[Intro]dução: C Am7 Dm7 G7 

C                                                                                                                   G7 
Colored folks work on the Mississipi, colored folks work while the white folks play, 
 C7                                      F          C             Am7        D7  G7   C 
Pullin' those boats from the dawn to sunset, gittin' no rest till the judgement day. 
Em         Am6  Em           Am6        Em           Am6        Em       B7 
Don't look up an' don't look down, you don't dast make the white boss frown;  
Em       Cdim  Em       Cdim      Em    Em7 F#m7  Cdim             Dm7 C 
Bend yo' knees bow yo' head, an' pull  that  hope     until yo're dead.  
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Let me go'way from the Mississipi, let me go 'way, from the white men boss,  
Fdim                                   C      Bb7                                 G7 C  G7 
Show me that stream called the river Jordan, that's the ol' stream that I long to cross.  
C         Am   C         F        C          F           C           Am                         
Ol' man river, ol' man river, 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        C           Am         C         Cdim 
He don't planttaters, he don't plant cotton, 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   Em6       Cdim         Em         B7 
You an' me we sweat an' strain, body all aching' an' racked wid pain. 
  Em       Cdim     Em      Cdim  Em               Cdim      Em      Dm  G7 
"Tote dat barge". "Lift dat bale".   Git a little drunk an' land in jail.  
C         Am       C        F           C         G7          Am           D7 
Ah gits weary an' sick of tryin' a'm 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         C          F          C           Am                         
Ol' man river, ol' man river, 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         C           Am        C        Cdim 
He don't planttaters, he don't plant cotton, 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    Em6        Cdim        Em         B7 
You an' me we sweat an' strain, body all aching' an' racked wid pain. 
  Em       Cdim     Em      Cdim  Em             Cdim      Em       Dm  G7 
"Tote dat barge". "Lift dat bale". Git a little drunk an' land in jail.  
C          Am      C        F           C          G7         Am          D7 
Ah gits weary an' sick of tryin' a'm tired of living' an' skeered of dying'  
    C          Am       Dm        G7       C  F G7 C 
But Ol' man river, he jus' keep rollin' along.