Big River Chords by Johnny Cash
Tempo:
102.25 bpm
Chords used:
E
B
Em
A
F#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[B] [Em]
[E]
Now I taught Sweepin' Willow how to [Em] cry, [E] and I showed the clouds how to cover [F#] up a clear
[B] blue sky, [E] and the tears that cried to that woman [Am] are gonna flood [A] you big river, [E] and I'm
gonna [B] sit right here [Em] until I die.
[E] I met her accidentally in St.
Paul, Minnesota, and it tore me up every time I [B] heard her draw southern crawl.
[E] Then I heard my dream went back [A] downstream to Wharton and Davenport, [E] and I followed you
[B] big river [Em] when it called.
[E] [Em]
[E] [A] [Em]
[E] [B] [Em]
Then you took me to St.
Louis, later [E] on down the river.
A freighter said she's been here, but [B] she's gone, boy, she's gone.
[E] I found her trail in Memphis, [Am] but she just walked up the bluff.
[E] She raised a few [B] eyebrows and went on [Em] down along.
Now won't you bat it down by Baton [E] Rouge, river queen, roll it on.
Take that woman on down to [F#] New Orleans, [B] New Orleans.
[E] Boy, I've had enough, got [A] my blues down in 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 taught Sweepin' Willow how to cry, cry, cry, and I showed the clouds how to cover
[F#] up a clear blue [B] sky.
[E] And the tears cried to that woman are [A] gonna flood you big river, [E] and I'm gonna sit [B] right
here until [Em] I die.
[E] [Em] [E]
[E]
Now I taught Sweepin' Willow how to [Em] cry, [E] and I showed the clouds how to cover [F#] up a clear
[B] blue sky, [E] and the tears that cried to that woman [Am] are gonna flood [A] you big river, [E] and I'm
gonna [B] sit right here [Em] until I die.
[E] I met her accidentally in St.
Paul, Minnesota, and it tore me up every time I [B] heard her draw southern crawl.
[E] Then I heard my dream went back [A] downstream to Wharton and Davenport, [E] and I followed you
[B] big river [Em] when it called.
[E] [Em]
[E] [A] [Em]
[E] [B] [Em]
Then you took me to St.
Louis, later [E] on down the river.
A freighter said she's been here, but [B] she's gone, boy, she's gone.
[E] I found her trail in Memphis, [Am] but she just walked up the bluff.
[E] She raised a few [B] eyebrows and went on [Em] down along.
Now won't you bat it down by Baton [E] Rouge, river queen, roll it on.
Take that woman on down to [F#] New Orleans, [B] New Orleans.
[E] Boy, I've had enough, got [A] my blues down in 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 taught Sweepin' Willow how to cry, cry, cry, and I showed the clouds how to cover
[F#] up a clear blue [B] sky.
[E] And the tears cried to that woman are [A] gonna flood you big river, [E] and I'm gonna sit [B] right
here until [Em] I die.
[E] [Em] [E]
Key:
E
B
Em
A
F#
E
B
Em
[B] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ Now I taught Sweepin' Willow how to [Em] cry, [E] _ and I showed the clouds how to cover [F#] up a clear
[B] blue sky, [E] and the tears that cried to that woman [Am] are gonna flood [A] you big river, [E] and I'm
gonna [B] sit right here [Em] until I die.
[E] _ I met her accidentally in St.
Paul, Minnesota, and it tore me up every time I [B] heard her draw southern crawl.
[E] Then I heard my dream went back [A] downstream to Wharton and Davenport, [E] and I followed you
[B] big river [Em] when it called.
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [Em] _
_ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ [E] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ Then you took me to St.
Louis, later [E] on down the river.
A freighter said she's been here, but [B] she's gone, boy, she's gone.
[E] I found her trail in Memphis, [Am] but she just walked up the bluff.
[E] She raised a few [B] eyebrows and went on [Em] down along.
_ Now won't you bat it down by Baton [E] Rouge, river queen, roll it on.
Take that woman on down to [F#] New Orleans, [B] New Orleans.
[E] Boy, I've had enough, got [A] my blues down in 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 taught Sweepin' Willow how to cry, cry, cry, and I showed the clouds how to cover
[F#] up a clear blue [B] sky.
[E] And the tears cried to that woman are [A] gonna flood you big river, [E] and I'm gonna sit [B] right
here until [Em] I die.
_ [E] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ Now I taught Sweepin' Willow how to [Em] cry, [E] _ and I showed the clouds how to cover [F#] up a clear
[B] blue sky, [E] and the tears that cried to that woman [Am] are gonna flood [A] you big river, [E] and I'm
gonna [B] sit right here [Em] until I die.
[E] _ I met her accidentally in St.
Paul, Minnesota, and it tore me up every time I [B] heard her draw southern crawl.
[E] Then I heard my dream went back [A] downstream to Wharton and Davenport, [E] and I followed you
[B] big river [Em] when it called.
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [Em] _
_ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ [E] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ Then you took me to St.
Louis, later [E] on down the river.
A freighter said she's been here, but [B] she's gone, boy, she's gone.
[E] I found her trail in Memphis, [Am] but she just walked up the bluff.
[E] She raised a few [B] eyebrows and went on [Em] down along.
_ Now won't you bat it down by Baton [E] Rouge, river queen, roll it on.
Take that woman on down to [F#] New Orleans, [B] New Orleans.
[E] Boy, I've had enough, got [A] my blues down in 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 taught Sweepin' Willow how to cry, cry, cry, and I showed the clouds how to cover
[F#] up a clear blue [B] sky.
[E] And the tears cried to that woman are [A] gonna flood you big river, [E] and I'm gonna sit [B] right
here until [Em] I die.
_ [E] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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