Big River Chords by Johnny Cash

[B] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
Now I taught to weep and [Em] willow how to cry, _
[E] _ and I showed clouds how to cover [F#] up a clear
blue [B] sky, [E] and the tears I cried to that woman are [A] gonna flood you big [E] river, 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 [B] her draw southern draw.
[E] Then I heard my dream went back downstream, [A] from Wharton and Davenport, [E] and I followed
you [B] big river, when [Em] it called. _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [Em] _ _
[E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
[E] _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
[E] Then you took me to St.
Louis, later on down the river.
A freighter said she's been here, but [B] she's gone, boy, she's [E] gone.
I found her trail in Memphis, [Am] but she just walked up the [E] bluff.
She 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 [F#] New Orleans, [B] New Orleans.
[E] Boy, I've had enough, [A] got my blues down in a gull.
[E] She loves [B] you big river [G] more than me.
[E] _ _ _ [G] _ [E] _ _ _ [G] _
[E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
[E] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ [E] Now I caught 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 to that woman [A] are gonna flood you big river, [E] and I'm gonna [B] sit right
here until [Em] I die.
[E] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
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