Big River Chords by Johnny Cash

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