Old Man River

Lou Rawls

ukulele intermediate

by ARICAL

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Old Man River

Written by Oscar Hammerstein and Jerome Kern

Key: C

Old Man River Key GG

Old Man River Key G#G#

Old Man River Key AA

Old Man River Key A#A#(one step down)

Old Man River Key BB(half step down)

Old Man River Key CC(original key)

Old Man River Key C#C#(half step up)

Old Man River Key DD(one step up)

Old Man River Key D#D#

Old Man River Key EE

Old Man River Key FF

Old Man River Key F#F#

	  		
Introdução: C Am7 Dm7 G7 

C                                                          
Colored folks work on the Mississipi 
                                          G7 
Colored folks work while the white folks play 
 C7                                   F      
Pullin' those boats from the dawn to sunset 
   C             Am7       D7   G7  C 
Gittin' no rest till the judgement day 
Em          Am6  Em           Am6 
Don't look up an' don't look down 
     Em         Am6      Em         B7 
You don't dast make the white boss frown  
Em        Cdim  Em      Cdim 
Bend yo' knees bow yo' head  
     Em  Em7  F#m7 Cdim           Dm7 C 
An' pull that hope    until yo're dead  
C7                                                      
Let me go'way from the Mississipi 
A7                                 Dm 
Let me go 'way, from the white men boss  
Fdim                                  C        
Show me that stream called the river Jordan 
Bb7                               G7 C     G7 
That's the ol' stream that I long to cross  
C       Am     C       F      
Ol' man river, ol' man river  
    C         F           C        Am                         
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       
He don't planttaters, he don't plant cotton 
    C         Am           C      Cdim 
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     
You an' me we sweat an' strain  
Em6        Cdim        Em        B7 
Body all aching' an' racked wid pain 
 Em       Cdim     Em     Cdim   
"Tote dat barge". "Lift dat bale" 
Em           Cdim      Em       Dm  G7 
Git a little drunk an' land in jail  
C       Am        C        F             
Ah gits weary an' sick of tryin' a'm  
 C        G7          Am         D7 
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                                      
Ol' man river, ol' man river  
   C         F           C         Am 
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       
He don't planttaters, he don't plant cotton 
    C         Am           C      Cdim 
An' them dat plants'em is soon forgoten  
   C         Am       Dm         G7     C      Fm C Dm7 G7 
But Ol' man river, he jus' keep rollin' along   
Em      B7     Em        B7     
You an' me we sweat an' strain  
Em6       Cdim        Em         B7 
Body all aching' an' racked wid pain 
   Em      Cdim     Em      Cdim   
"Tote dat barge". " Lift dat bale" 
Em           Cdim      Em       Dm  G7 
Git a little drunk an' land in jail  
C        Am        C        F                
Ah gits weary an' sick of tryin' a'm 
 C        G7          Am         D7 
Tired of living' an' skeered of dying'  
 C           Am       Dm        G7       C    F G7 C 
But Ol' man river, he jus' keep rollin' along

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