Chords for Big River

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_ _ _ _ Alright, _ well most of us is going to do some John R.
Cash. _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ Well I taught the weeping willow how to cry, cry, cry.
And I showed the clouds how to cover [F#] up a clear [B] blue sky.
[E] And the tears I cried for that woman [A] are going to flood you big river.
[E] And I'm going to [B] sit right here until I [E] die. _ _
Well I met her accidentally in St.
Paul, Minnesota.
And it tore me up every time I [F#] heard that drawl, [Bm] southern drawl.
[E] Then I heard my dream back [A] downstream, Cohortin and Davenport.
[E] And I followed [B] you big river [G] when you called.
[B] Yeah, _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [F#] _ _ [G] _ _ [E] _ _
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then you took me to St.
Louis later on down the river.
Upfrater said she'd been here but [F#] she'd gone, boy [B] she'd gone.
[E] Well I found a trail in Memphis just as she walked up the bluff.
She [E] raised a few eyebrows [B] and went on [G] down the log.
[E] _
Yeah, batting down by Baton Rouge River, queen, [G#] roll it on.
[E] They took that woman down to New [F#] Orleans, New [B] Orleans.
[E] Go on, I've had enough, dumped [A] my blues down in the Gulf.
Oh, she loves you [B] big river a lot [G] more than me.
[E] So it, [G] _ _ [E] _ _ [G] _ _ [E] _ _
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ [G] _ _ [E] _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [E] well I pulled into Natchez the next day down the river.
And there wasn't much there to make [F#] around her stay [B] very long.
[E] When I left there it was raining, [A] so nobody saw me cry.
[E] Oh big river, [B] please tell me [G] why oh why.
[E] _
Yeah, I taught the weeping willow [Em] how to cry, cry, cry.
And I showed the clouds how to cover up [F#] a clear blue [B] sky.
[E] And the tears I cried for that woman, [A] they're gonna flood you out big river.
[E] And I'm gonna sit [B] right here until [G] I die.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ Go over the Tennessee River. _ _ _ _ _ _ _