Big River (2017 Remaster) Chords

[C] _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ [F] _
_ Now I taught the weeping willow [Fm] how to cry, [F] _ and I showed the clouds how to cover [G] up a
clear blue [C] sky, [F] and the tears that I cried for that woman [Bb] are gonna flood you big river,
[F] and [C] I'm gonna sit right here until [F] I die.
I met her accidentally in St.
Paul, Minnesota, and it tore me up every time I [G] heard her draw,
[C] southern drawl.
[F] Then I heard my dream went back downstream [Bb] to Fort St.
Davenport, [F] and
I followed you [C] big river [F] when you called. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ And you took me to St.
Louis, later on down the river.
A freighter said she's been here, but [G] she's gone, boy, [C] she's gone.
I [F] found her trail in Memphis, [Bb] but she just walked up the bluff.
[F] She raised a few eyebrows and [C] then she went on down [F] along.
_ Now won't you bat it down by Baton Rouge, river queen rolling on.
Take that woman on down to New [G] Orleans, New [C] Orleans.
_ [F] Lord, I've had [Bb] enough, dumped my blues down in the gulf.
[F] She loves [C] you big river [F] more than me.
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_ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ [Gm] _ [F] _
_ _ [B] _ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ Now I taught the weeping willow how to cry, cry, cry, and I showed the clouds how to cover
up [Dm] a clear [Eb] blue [C] sky.
And [F] the tears that I cried for that woman are [Bb] gonna flood you big river,
[F] and I'm gonna sit [C] right here until [F] I die.
_ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ [F] _