Chords for Johnny Cash - Big River

Tempo:
95.65 bpm
Chords used:

F

C

Fm

Ab

Bb

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Johnny Cash - Big River chords
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[Fm] [F] [Ab] Yeah!
[F]
[Fm]
[F] [G]
[C] [E] [F] [Bb]
[F] [C] [Fm]
[F]
[G]
[C] I'm a southern draw.
[F] Then I heard my dream went back downstream [Bb] to Horton in Davenport.
[F] And I followed you [C] big river [Fm] when you called.
[F] [Ab]
[F] [Bb] [Ab]
[F] [D] [C] [Ab]
[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.
I [F] found a trail in Memphis, [A] [Bb] but she just walked up the bluff.
[Gm] She [F] raised a few [C] eyebrows and went on down [Fm] the loam.
[F] Once you batted down the Baton Rouge, River Queen rolled it on.
Take that woman on down to New [G] Orleans, New [C] Orleans.
[E] [F] Oh, I've had enough of [Bb] my blues down in the Gulf.
[F] She loves you [C] big river more [Fm] than me.
[F] [Ab] Love you more [F] than me, [Ab] baby.
[F] [Bb] [Fm]
[F] [C] [Fm]
[F] Yes, I taught the weeping willow how to cry, cry, cry.
[Cm] [F] Showed the clouds how to cover up [G] a clear blue [C] sky.
And [F] the tears I cried for that woman, [Bb] gonna flood you big river.
[F] And I'm gonna sit [C] right here until [Fm] I die.
[F] [Ab]
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C
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Fm
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Ab
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Bb
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F
134211111
C
3211
Fm
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[Fm] _ _ [F] _ _ [Ab] Yeah!
[F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ [E] _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ [Fm] _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
[C] I'm a southern draw.
[F] Then I heard my dream went back downstream [Bb] to Horton in Davenport.
[F] And I followed you [C] big river [Fm] when you called.
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Ab] _
[F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
[F] _ [D] _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
[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.
I [F] found a trail in Memphis, [A] [Bb] but she just walked up the bluff.
[Gm] She [F] raised a few [C] eyebrows and went on down [Fm] the loam.
[F] Once you batted down the Baton Rouge, River Queen rolled it on.
Take that woman on down to New [G] Orleans, New [C] Orleans.
[E] [F] Oh, I've had enough of [Bb] my blues down in the Gulf.
[F] She loves you [C] big river more [Fm] than me.
[F] _ _ [Ab] Love you more [F] than me, [Ab] baby. _
[F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _
[F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _
[F] Yes, I taught the weeping willow how to cry, cry, cry.
[Cm] [F] Showed the clouds how to cover up [G] a clear blue [C] sky.
And [F] the tears I cried for that woman, [Bb] gonna flood you big river.
[F] And I'm gonna sit [C] right here until [Fm] I die. _
[F] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _

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