OL' MAN RIVER

LEVEL 4C · 120 BPM · Jerome Kern

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TAKE IT OFF THE SCREEN

Print the sheet for the piano stand, or load the MIDI into any app and practise at your own tempo.

HOW TO PLAY

1Put your right thumb on middle C. Most beginner songs stay under five fingers — you never move your hand.
2Set the speed down and turn CLICK on. Press each key exactly when the note reaches the line.
3Loop the bar that keeps breaking until it feels easy, then add the left hand and take the speed back up.

LYRICS

(C)Ol’ man (F)riv er, dat (C)ol’ man (F)riv er; he (C)must know (F)sump in’, but (C)don’t say noth in’.

He (Dm7)jus’ keeps (G7)roll in’, he (Dm7)keeps on (G7)roll in’ a (C)long.

He (C)don’t plant (F)’ta ters, he (C)don’t plant (F)cot ton, an’ (C)dem dat plants ’em is soon for (Ebdim)got ten.

But (Dm7)ol’ man (G7)riv er, he (Dm7)jus’ keeps (G7)roll in’ a (C)long.

(Em)You an’ (B7)me,

we (Em)sweat and (B7)strain,

(Em)bod y all (B7)ach in’ an’ (Em)racked wid (B7)pain.

(Em)“Tote dat (Am)barge!”

(Em)“Lift dat (Am)bale.”

(Em)Get a lit tle (Am)drunk an’ you (Em)land in (Dm)jail.

(C)Ah gits (F)wea ry an’ (C)sick of (F)try in’, ah’m (C)tired of (G7)liv in’ an’ (Am)skeered of (D7)dy in’, but (C)ol’ man (Am)riv er, he (Dm7)jus’ keeps (G7)roll in’ a (C)long.