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Version 1 Version 2Ol’ Man River – Frank Sinatra --.-/watch?ds49aHZse_nH1hSo (Intro) C G C F C Am C G Here we all work 'long the Mississippi, here we all work, while the rich folk play, C Am C G7 G C Pullin’ them boats from the dawn till sunset, gettin' no rest un-til the judgment day. Em Am Em Am Em Am Em Am Don't look up, you don't look down, you don't dare make the boss man frown, Em F#m Em F#m Em F#m C Em Dm G Bend your knees, and bow your head, and pull that rope until you're de…….ad. C F C Am C G Let me go away from the Mississippi, let me go away from the white man boss, C F C Dm C Dm G7 C Show me that stream, called the River of Jordan, that's the old stream, that I long to cross. C Am C Am C F C Am C Old Man River, that Old Man River, he don't say nothin', but he must know somethin' Am C G7 C G7 G C F C G7 He just keeps rollin', he keeps on rollin’ a..long C FM7 C FM7 C FM7 C FM7 C FM7 He don't plant tatters, and he don't plant taters, and them what plant 'em are soon forgotten, C Dm C Dm C F C Dm But Old Man Riv-er, just keeps rollin' a..long. Em Am Em Am Em Am Em Am You, and me, we sweat and strain, body all achin', and racked with pain, Em F Em F Em F Em Dm G Tote that barge, lift that bale, you get a little drunk, and you land in ja……il C FM7 C FM7 C Dm C F Dm Dm7 I get weary and sick of tryin', I'm tired of liv...in', but I’m scared of dy….in' C Dm C Dm C Dm C G C F C Dm And Old Man Riv..er, he just keeps roi…lin' a…long ........... (Outro) C Dm C Dm C Dm C Dm C Dm C That Old Man Riv…er, he just keeps ro….llin' a…..lo…o……ng