Old Rivers chords

INTRO: [A] [D] [A]

#1.
[A]How old was I when I [D]first seen old Rivers?
[A]I can't remember when he weren't a[E]round.
Well, [A]that old fellow did a [D]heap of work.
Spent his [A]whole life [E]walking plowed [A]ground.

#2.
[A]He had a one-room shack not [D]far from us..
and well, [A]we was about as poor as [E]him.
He had [A]one old mule he called [D]Midnight..
and [A]I'd trailed [E]along after [A]them.

#3.
[A]He used to plow them rows [D]straight and deep..
and [A]I'd come along near [E]behind.
A-[A]bustin' up clods with my [D]own bare feet..
[A]Old Rivers was a [E]friend of [A]mine.

#4.
[A]That sun'd get high and that [D]mule would work..
[A]till old Rivers'd finally say, '[E]Whoa!'
He'd [A]wipe his brow, lean [D]back on the reins
and [A]talk about a [E]place he was gonna [A]go.

[CHORUS]
He'd say, [D]one of these days I'm gonna [A]climb that

mountain.
[E]Walk up there, [A]among them clouds, where the [D]cotton's

high.
And the [A]corn's a-growin' and there [E]ain't no fields
to [A]plow.

INTERLUDE: [A] [B]

#5.
[B]I got a letter today from the [E]folks back home and
[B]they're all fine and crops is [Gb]dry.
[B]Down at the end my mama said, '[E]Son,' [B]you know old
[Gb]Rivers [B]died.'

#6.
[B]Just sittin' here now on this [E]new-plowed earth
trying to [B]find me a little [Gb]shade.
With the [B]sun beating down 'cross the [E]field I see,
that [B]mule, old [Gb]Rivers and [B]me.

[CHORUS]
He'd say, [B]one of these days I'm gonna [Gb]climb that

mountain.
[Db]Walk up there, [Gb]among the clouds, where the [B]cotton's

high.
And the [Gb]corn's a-growin' and there [Db]ain't no fields
to [Gb]plow.

[OUTRO]
With the [E]sun beating down 'cross the [B]fields I see..
that [Gb]mule, old Rivers, and [B]me..

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