Chords for I'VE GOT THE BIG RIVER BLUES (1933) by the Delmore Brothers

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_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ Let it rain, let it pour, _ [G]
let it rain [C] a whole lot more, [G] cause I've got the big [D] river blue.
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Let it [Em] rise, let it fall, _
[G] let the [C] waves make a [Bm] wall, cause I've got the [G] big river blue. _ _ _ _ _
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Give me [Em] back my old boat, [G] I'm gonna [C] sail, fish will float, cause [B] _ I've got the big [D] river blue. _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ I'm going [B] back to my little shoals, _ [G] times are [C] better there I'm [G] told, and I've [Em] got the [G] big river blue. _ _ _ _ _
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My [Em] old gal's a good [G] old fowl, cause she looks [C] like a _ waterfowl, [G] and I've got the big [D] river [C#] blue.
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[B] There's no one to cry for me, [G] the fish is [C] howling, grand old spree, [G] when I get [Em] the [G] big river blue. _ _ _ _ _ _
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If [Em] my boat sinks with me, [G]
I'll go [C] down, don't you see, [G] cause I've got the big [D] river blue.
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Now I'm gonna say goodbye, [G] and if I [C] sink, let me die, [G] cause I've got the big river blue.
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