{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1501695,"song":"Ol Man River","artist":"Frank Sinatra","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1501695-ol-man-river-chords-by-frank-sinatra/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1501695?type=chord","rating":4.81103,"votes":28,"content":"OL' MAN RIVER\r\nLyrics by: Oscar Hammerstein II\r\nMusic by: Jerome Kern\r\nFrom the Musical \"Show Boat\" (1936)\r\n\r\nFrank Sinatra recorded this song at least 3 times.\r\n\r\nThese lyrics are from the 1963 arrangement conducted by Nelson Riddle\r\nhttps://youtu.be/BoLWw7vtO24\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHere we all work 'long the Mississippi,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHere we all work, while the rich folk play,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nPullin' 'em boats from the dawn till sunset,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]G7[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nGettin' no rest till the judgment day.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nDon't look up, and don't look down,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYou don't dares make the boss man frown,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]F#m[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nBend your knees, and bow your head,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]F#m[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd pull that rope until you're dead.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nLet me go away from the Mississippi,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLet me go away from the white man boss,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                               [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nShow me that stream, called the River Jordan,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                             [ch]Dm[/ch]   [ch]G7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThat's the old stream, that I long to cross.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOld Man River, that Old Man River,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe don't say nothin', but he must know somethin'.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nHe just keeps rollin',[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G7[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nHe keeps on rollin' along.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]FM7[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]FM7[/ch]\r\nHe don't plant taters, and he don't plant cotton,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]FM7[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]FM7[/ch]\r\nAnd them what plants 'em are soon forgotten,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Dm[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Dm[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nBut Old Man River, just keeps rollin' along.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYou, and me, we sweat and strain,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBody all achin', and racked with pain,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nTote that barge, lift that bale,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou get a little drunk, and you lands in jail.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]      [ch]FM7[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]FM7[/ch]\r\nI gets weary and sick of tryin',[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Dm7[/ch]\r\nI'm tired of livin', but I'm scared of dyin'[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThat Old Man River, he just keeps rollin' along.[/tab]","plain_text":"OL' MAN RIVER\nLyrics by: Oscar Hammerstein II\nMusic by: Jerome Kern\nFrom the Musical \"Show Boat\" (1936)\n\nFrank Sinatra recorded this song at least 3 times.\n\nThese lyrics are from the 1963 arrangement conducted by Nelson Riddle\nhttps://youtu.be/BoLWw7vtO24\n\n\n[Intro]\nC  G  C\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["C","G","F","Am","G7","Em","F#m","Dm","FM7","Dm7"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"Dm7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,1]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]}}}