Chords for The Highwaymen - Big River (1990)
Tempo:
105.6 bpm
Chords used:
E
B
A
Em
F#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[E] I insisted on Big River, both in the album and on the show,
because I think it's probably one of the best written songs of all time.
I mean, just from the opening line there,
I met her accidentally in St.
Paul, Minnesota.
It tore me up every [D#] time I heard her draw, Southern draw.
Then I heard my dream move back downstream,
[C] Cobournt and Davenport.
I followed [B] you, Big River, when you called.
That's poetry, you know.
It's as good [E] as it gets.
And
[Em] [E] I showed the clouds out of cover of [F#] the clear blue [B] sky.
I [E] had the tears I cried for that woman.
I'm [A] gonna flood you, Big River, [E] and I'm gonna sit [B] right here.
[E]
Accidentally in St.
Paul, Minnesota.
And it tore me up to hear her when [F#] she'd draw that [B] Southern draw.
[E] Then I heard my dream went back [A] downstream,
Cobournt and Davenport.
[E] When I followed you, [B] Big River,
[E]
[A]
[E] [B]
[E] you took me to St.
Louis, made a wrong down the river.
The freighter said she'd been here, but [F#] she's gone, [B] boy, he's gone.
[E] Then I found a trailing member, but [A] he just walked up the bluff,
[E] raised a few [B] eyebrows, and moved on.
[Em] [E] Well, I pulled in the hatches, and stayed down the river.
But there wasn't too much to make [F#] around to stay [B] very long.
[E] Well, I left him to stray, [A] so nobody saw the cry.
[E] Big River, [B] why is he doing [Em] his way?
[E]
[A]
[E] [B]
[E] Now, won't you bat it down for Baton Rouge, River Queen, roll it on.
Take that woman on down to [F#] New Orleans, [B] New [E] Orleans.
[A] Down the river, [E]
she loved [B] you, Big River, [E] more than [Em] [E] me.
Oh, well, I don't.
And I showed the clouds out of cover [F#] of the blue, [B] blue sky.
[E] And the tears that cried for that woman
[A] are gonna flood you, Big River,
[E] and I'm gonna [B] sit right here [Em] until you die.
[E] [A]
[E] [B]
[Em] [E]
[A]
[E] [B]
[E]
because I think it's probably one of the best written songs of all time.
I mean, just from the opening line there,
I met her accidentally in St.
Paul, Minnesota.
It tore me up every [D#] time I heard her draw, Southern draw.
Then I heard my dream move back downstream,
[C] Cobournt and Davenport.
I followed [B] you, Big River, when you called.
That's poetry, you know.
It's as good [E] as it gets.
And
[Em] [E] I showed the clouds out of cover of [F#] the clear blue [B] sky.
I [E] had the tears I cried for that woman.
I'm [A] gonna flood you, Big River, [E] and I'm gonna sit [B] right here.
[E]
Accidentally in St.
Paul, Minnesota.
And it tore me up to hear her when [F#] she'd draw that [B] Southern draw.
[E] Then I heard my dream went back [A] downstream,
Cobournt and Davenport.
[E] When I followed you, [B] Big River,
[E]
[A]
[E] [B]
[E] you took me to St.
Louis, made a wrong down the river.
The freighter said she'd been here, but [F#] she's gone, [B] boy, he's gone.
[E] Then I found a trailing member, but [A] he just walked up the bluff,
[E] raised a few [B] eyebrows, and moved on.
[Em] [E] Well, I pulled in the hatches, and stayed down the river.
But there wasn't too much to make [F#] around to stay [B] very long.
[E] Well, I left him to stray, [A] so nobody saw the cry.
[E] Big River, [B] why is he doing [Em] his way?
[E]
[A]
[E] [B]
[E] Now, won't you bat it down for Baton Rouge, River Queen, roll it on.
Take that woman on down to [F#] New Orleans, [B] New [E] Orleans.
[A] Down the river, [E]
she loved [B] you, Big River, [E] more than [Em] [E] me.
Oh, well, I don't.
And I showed the clouds out of cover [F#] of the blue, [B] blue sky.
[E] And the tears that cried for that woman
[A] are gonna flood you, Big River,
[E] and I'm gonna [B] sit right here [Em] until you die.
[E] [A]
[E] [B]
[Em] [E]
[A]
[E] [B]
[E]
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[E] I insisted on Big River, _ both in the album and on the _ show,
because I think it's probably one of the best written songs of all time.
I mean, just from the opening line there,
I met her accidentally in St.
Paul, Minnesota.
It tore me up every [D#] time I heard her draw, Southern draw.
Then I heard my dream move back downstream,
[C] Cobournt and Davenport.
I followed [B] you, Big River, when you called.
That's poetry, you know.
It's as good [E] as it gets. _
And _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ I showed the clouds out of cover of [F#] the clear blue [B] sky.
I [E] had the tears I cried for that woman.
I'm [A] gonna flood you, Big River, [E] and I'm gonna sit [B] right here.
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _
Accidentally in St.
Paul, Minnesota.
And it tore me up to hear her when [F#] she'd draw that [B] Southern draw.
[E] Then I heard my dream went back [A] downstream,
Cobournt and Davenport.
[E] When I followed you, [B] Big River,
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ you took me to St.
Louis, made a wrong down the river.
The freighter said she'd been here, but [F#] she's gone, [B] boy, he's gone.
[E] Then I found a trailing member, but [A] he just walked up the bluff,
[E] raised a few [B] eyebrows, and moved on.
[Em] _ _ [E] _ Well, I pulled in the hatches, and stayed down the river.
But there wasn't too much to make [F#] around to stay [B] very long.
[E] Well, I left him to stray, [A] so nobody saw the cry.
[E] Big River, [B] why is he doing [Em] his way?
_ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ Now, won't you bat it down for Baton Rouge, River Queen, roll it on.
Take that woman on down to [F#] New Orleans, [B] New [E] Orleans.
_ _ _ [A] _ Down the river, [E]
she loved [B] you, Big River, [E] more than [Em] [E] me.
Oh, well, I don't.
_ _ _ _ _ And I showed the clouds out of cover [F#] of the blue, [B] blue sky.
[E] And the tears that cried for that woman
[A] are gonna flood you, Big River,
[E] and I'm gonna [B] sit right here [Em] until you die.
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
because I think it's probably one of the best written songs of all time.
I mean, just from the opening line there,
I met her accidentally in St.
Paul, Minnesota.
It tore me up every [D#] time I heard her draw, Southern draw.
Then I heard my dream move back downstream,
[C] Cobournt and Davenport.
I followed [B] you, Big River, when you called.
That's poetry, you know.
It's as good [E] as it gets. _
And _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ I showed the clouds out of cover of [F#] the clear blue [B] sky.
I [E] had the tears I cried for that woman.
I'm [A] gonna flood you, Big River, [E] and I'm gonna sit [B] right here.
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _
Accidentally in St.
Paul, Minnesota.
And it tore me up to hear her when [F#] she'd draw that [B] Southern draw.
[E] Then I heard my dream went back [A] downstream,
Cobournt and Davenport.
[E] When I followed you, [B] Big River,
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ you took me to St.
Louis, made a wrong down the river.
The freighter said she'd been here, but [F#] she's gone, [B] boy, he's gone.
[E] Then I found a trailing member, but [A] he just walked up the bluff,
[E] raised a few [B] eyebrows, and moved on.
[Em] _ _ [E] _ Well, I pulled in the hatches, and stayed down the river.
But there wasn't too much to make [F#] around to stay [B] very long.
[E] Well, I left him to stray, [A] so nobody saw the cry.
[E] Big River, [B] why is he doing [Em] his way?
_ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ Now, won't you bat it down for Baton Rouge, River Queen, roll it on.
Take that woman on down to [F#] New Orleans, [B] New [E] Orleans.
_ _ _ [A] _ Down the river, [E]
she loved [B] you, Big River, [E] more than [Em] [E] me.
Oh, well, I don't.
_ _ _ _ _ And I showed the clouds out of cover [F#] of the blue, [B] blue sky.
[E] And the tears that cried for that woman
[A] are gonna flood you, Big River,
[E] and I'm gonna [B] sit right here [Em] until you die.
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [B] _
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