Big River Chords by Johnny Cash

[B] _ _ [E] _ [Em] _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Now I thought to weep and willow [G] that I cried, [E] _
and I showed the clouds that I covered [F#] up
a clear [B] blue sky, [E] and the tears I cried to that woman [A] are gonna flood you big river,
[E] and I'm gonna sit [B] right here until [Em] I die.
_ [E] _
I met her accidentally in St.
Paul, Minnesota, and it tore me up every time I heard [Bm] her draw
southern [B] draw.
[E] Then I heard my dream went back downstream, [A] Cobourton and Davenport,
and [E] I followed you [B] big river when [Em] you called.
[E] _ _
[Em] _ _ [E] _ _ [Em] _ _ [E] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [E] _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [E] Then you took me to St.
Louis, later on down
the river.
[Em]
A freighter said she's been here, but [B] she's gone, boy, she's gone.
[E] I found her trail
in Memphis, [A] but she just walked up the bluff.
She [E] raised a few [B] eyebrows and went on [Em] down along.
_ [E] Now won't you bat it down by Baton Rouge, river queen, roll it on.
Take that woman on down to
New [F#] Orleans, New [B] Orleans.
[E] Boy, I've had enough, got [A] my blues down and a gun.
[E] She loves [B] you big
river [G] more than me.
_ [E] _ _
[G] _ _ [E] _ _ [G] _ _ [E] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [E] _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [E] Now I thought to weep and willow how to cry, cry, cry, and I showed the
cover [F#] of a clear blue [Em] [A] sky [E] and the tears that cried that woman [A] are gonna flood you big river,
[E] and I'm gonna sit [B] right here until [Em] I die.
_ [E] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _