Big River Blues Chords by Jorma Kaukonen

_ [Ab] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [G] _ [B] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ [Gb] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ _
Well, let it [G] rain, [A] let it [Ab] pour, let it [E] rain a whole lot more, cause I got the big [Em] river [B] blue. _
_ [E] Let it [G] rise, let it flow, [Ab] let the [A] wind make a [E] wall, cause I [B] got the big [Em] river [E] blue. _
_ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ [Em] _ [G] _ _
_ [E] _ _ [Abm] _ [G] _ [Db] _ _ [B] _
[Dbm] _ [Bm] _ _ [Gb] _ _ [Db] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
Well, give me [Eb] back my old [G] boat, I'm gonna [E] see if it will float, cause I got the [G] big [B] river blue. _
_ [Ab] I'm going [G] back to Muscle [Ab] Shoals, time for a [E] betta, there I'm told, cause I got the [B] big [Em] river [E] blue. _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ [G] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ [Gb] _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ _
Well, my old [Db] gal's a good old [Ab] pal, she looks [A] like a [E] waterfowl, and I've got the big [B] river blue. _ _
_ [Ab] There's no [Db] one to cry for me, [E] the [Bm] fishes [E] have a grand old spree, when [B] I get the big river [E] blue. _ _
_ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ [B] _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ [Bbm] _ [E] _ _ _ [A] _
[E] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ [G] _ [E] _ _ _
Well, [B] _ _ _ [A] _ [B] _ _
[Em] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [E] _ [D] _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
if my [G] boat sinks with me, [Ab] I'll [A] go down, don't [E] you see, cause I got the big river [B] blue. _ _
[Ab] Now I'm gonna [G] say goodbye, and [Ab] if [A] I sink, let me [E] cry, cause I [B] got the big [E] river blue.
_ [A] _ [C] _ _ [G] _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _