Big River Chords by Johnny Cash, Tennessee Two

[C] _ [G] _ [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 blue [C] sky, and [Fm] the tears that I cried for that woman [Bb] are gonna flood you big river,
[C] and I'm gonna sit right here until I [F] die.
_ I met her accidentally in St.
Paul, Minnesota, and it tore me up [Fm] every time I heard [G] her
draw southern [C] draw.
Then [F] I heard my dream went back downstream [Bb] to Wharton and Davenport, and [F] I followed you
[C] big river [F] when you called.
I'll get my bird and get back. _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _
[Fm] _ _ [F] _ [B] _ [C] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ Then 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.
[F] I found her trail in Memphis, [Bbm] but she just walked up the bluff.
She [F] raised a few eyebrows [C] and then she went on down [F] the lull.
_ Now won't you bat it down by Baton Rouge, river queen rolling on.
Take that woman on down to [G] New Orleans, [C] New Orleans.
[Fm] Go on, I've had enough, [Bb] dumped my blues down in a gub.
[F] She loves [C] you big river [F] more than me.
_ _ _ [Fm] _ [F] _ _
_ [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 [C] sky.
[F] And the tears that I cried for that woman [Bb] are gonna flood you big river,
and [F] I'm gonna [C] sit right here [F] until I die.
_ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _