Chords for Rosanne Cash - BIG RIVER
Tempo:
95.6 bpm
Chords used:
E
B
Em
A
F#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[E] Well I taught the weeping willow how to grind And I showed the clouds how to cover up [F#] a
clear [B] blue sky [E] And the tears that cried for the black man
[A] Gonna flood you big river And [D] I'm gonna sit right [Em] here until I die
[E] Well I met him accidentally in St.
Paul, Minnesota And he tore me up every time I [F#] heard him draw,
[B] southern draw [E] And then I heard the dream went back [A] downstream
The boy from Lindavan Court And [D] I followed [B] you big river [E] when you called
[Em] [B]
[Em] [E] [F#]
[E] [A]
[C#] [D] [Bm]
[E] And then you took me to St.
[Em] Louis later on down the river
And I prayed I'd sat east bend here [F#] but he's gone [E] boys he's [B] gone
And then I found this trail in Memphis [A] but he just [A] walked up the bluff
He raised a [D] few [B] eyebrows and went on down the [E] loam
Won't you bat it down with that rouge river queen roll it up
Take that man on down to [F#] New Orleans, [B] New Orleans
[Em] Don't want to have [A] my blues down in the cold
She [D] loves [B] you big river more than me, [E] no
[Em]
[F#]
[B] [E] [Em] [E]
[D] [G] [Em]
Well [E] I talked to Weepinwilla how to grind, grind, grind
And I showed the clouds how to cover up [F#] a [Bm] clear blue sky
[B] And the tears that cried for the black man [A] Gonna flood you big river
[Em] And I'm [D] gonna sit right here until [Em] I die
[B]
[E]
clear [B] blue sky [E] And the tears that cried for the black man
[A] Gonna flood you big river And [D] I'm gonna sit right [Em] here until I die
[E] Well I met him accidentally in St.
Paul, Minnesota And he tore me up every time I [F#] heard him draw,
[B] southern draw [E] And then I heard the dream went back [A] downstream
The boy from Lindavan Court And [D] I followed [B] you big river [E] when you called
[Em] [B]
[Em] [E] [F#]
[E] [A]
[C#] [D] [Bm]
[E] And then you took me to St.
[Em] Louis later on down the river
And I prayed I'd sat east bend here [F#] but he's gone [E] boys he's [B] gone
And then I found this trail in Memphis [A] but he just [A] walked up the bluff
He raised a [D] few [B] eyebrows and went on down the [E] loam
Won't you bat it down with that rouge river queen roll it up
Take that man on down to [F#] New Orleans, [B] New Orleans
[Em] Don't want to have [A] my blues down in the cold
She [D] loves [B] you big river more than me, [E] no
[Em]
[F#]
[B] [E] [Em] [E]
[D] [G] [Em]
Well [E] I talked to Weepinwilla how to grind, grind, grind
And I showed the clouds how to cover up [F#] a [Bm] clear blue sky
[B] And the tears that cried for the black man [A] Gonna flood you big river
[Em] And I'm [D] gonna sit right here until [Em] I die
[B]
[E]
Key:
E
B
Em
A
F#
E
B
Em
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] Well I taught the weeping willow how to grind _ And I showed the clouds how to cover up [F#] a
clear [B] blue sky [E] And the tears that cried for the black man
[A] Gonna flood you big river And [D] I'm gonna sit right [Em] here until I die
[E] Well I met him accidentally in St.
Paul, Minnesota And he tore me up every time I [F#] heard him draw,
[B] southern draw [E] And then I heard the dream went back [A] downstream
The boy from Lindavan Court And [D] I followed [B] you big river [E] when you called
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ [E] _ _ [F#] _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [C#] _ _ [D] _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
[E] And then you took me to St.
[Em] Louis later on down the river
And I prayed I'd sat east bend here [F#] but he's gone [E] boys he's [B] gone
And then I found this trail in Memphis [A] but he just [A] walked up the bluff
He raised a [D] few [B] eyebrows and went on down the [E] loam
Won't you bat it down with that rouge river queen roll it up
Take that man on down to [F#] New Orleans, [B] New Orleans
[Em] Don't want to have [A] my blues down in the cold
She [D] loves [B] you big river more than me, [E] no
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
[B] _ _ [E] _ [Em] _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ [G] _ _ [Em] _ _
Well [E] I talked to Weepinwilla how to grind, grind, grind
And I showed the clouds how to cover up [F#] a [Bm] clear blue sky
[B] And the tears that cried for the black man [A] Gonna flood you big river
[Em] And I'm [D] gonna sit right here until [Em] I die _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] Well I taught the weeping willow how to grind _ And I showed the clouds how to cover up [F#] a
clear [B] blue sky [E] And the tears that cried for the black man
[A] Gonna flood you big river And [D] I'm gonna sit right [Em] here until I die
[E] Well I met him accidentally in St.
Paul, Minnesota And he tore me up every time I [F#] heard him draw,
[B] southern draw [E] And then I heard the dream went back [A] downstream
The boy from Lindavan Court And [D] I followed [B] you big river [E] when you called
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ [E] _ _ [F#] _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [C#] _ _ [D] _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
[E] And then you took me to St.
[Em] Louis later on down the river
And I prayed I'd sat east bend here [F#] but he's gone [E] boys he's [B] gone
And then I found this trail in Memphis [A] but he just [A] walked up the bluff
He raised a [D] few [B] eyebrows and went on down the [E] loam
Won't you bat it down with that rouge river queen roll it up
Take that man on down to [F#] New Orleans, [B] New Orleans
[Em] Don't want to have [A] my blues down in the cold
She [D] loves [B] you big river more than me, [E] no
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
[B] _ _ [E] _ [Em] _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ [G] _ _ [Em] _ _
Well [E] I talked to Weepinwilla how to grind, grind, grind
And I showed the clouds how to cover up [F#] a [Bm] clear blue sky
[B] And the tears that cried for the black man [A] Gonna flood you big river
[Em] And I'm [D] gonna sit right here until [Em] I die _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _