G C G C Old man river, that old man river Bm Am G He just keeps rolling along [Verse] G Mississippi River runnin' backwards Am Earthquakes shook the land D It happened down here in 1912 C G It's happening here again [Verse] G Feast and famine, ya'll, fire and flood Am Abominations, you understand D Don't need no Old Testament prophet to tell me C G We ain't living in the Promised Land [Chorus] G Everybody sing, blow Gabriel blow Am Yeah, blow that ragtime jazz Bm Em Judgement day is coming down here, y'all F C G In the land of the razzmatazz [Verse] G I saw carpet-sweepers and microwave ovens Am I saw busted-out television screens D Empty of TV evangelist cats C G With their hair all slicked up with Brylcreem [Verse] G Now the gospel news, to you real bad news Am No need to invent all that doom and gloom D It's a one-legged race to the liquor store C G It's a hop, skip and jump into the tomb [Chorus] G Everybody sing, blow Gabriel blow Am Yeah, blow that ragtime jazz Bm Em Judgement day is coming down here, y'all F C G In the land of the razzmatazz [Bridge] Bb Am Steamboat whistles blowing underwater G G A Bb Everything is backwards and upside down Am Baby Moses in the bulrushes D Paddling sideways to higher ground [Instrumental] Em C Am C Em C D D/C D/B D/A [Verse] G Old ladies gambling inside riverboat casinos Am Whirlpools swallowed 'em down D Insurance executives and Fuller Brush salesmen C G Bushwhacked trying to leave town [Verse] G But their lifeboats went backwards up the Mississippi River Am To the ancient Missouri sod D Up to Iowa and Minnesota C G Into the hands of a righteous god [Chorus] G Everybody sing, blow Gabriel blow Am Yeah, blow that ragtime jazz Bm Em Judgement day is coming down here, y'all F C G In the land of the razzmatazz [Chorus] G Everybody sing, blow Gabriel blow Am Yeah, blow that ragtime jazz Bm Em Judgement day is coming down here, y'all F C G In the land of the razzmatazz F C G In the land of the razzmatazz F C G In the land of the razzmatazz F C G In the land of the razzmatazz