Big River Chords by Johnny Cash
Tempo:
107.35 bpm
Chords used:
F
C
Fm
Bb
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[C] So without further ado, here's the fabulous Johnny Cash
[Fm] Now
[F]
I taught the weeping willow how to cry
And I showed the clouds how to cover [G] up a clear blue sky
[F] And the tears that 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] I met her accidentally in St.
Paul, Minnesota
And it tore me up every time I heard [G] her drawl [Gm] southern fall
[F] Then I heard my dream went back downstream
[Bb] Cobourg and then Davenport [F] and I followed you [C] big river [Fm] when you call
[F]
[Bb] [C] [Fm] [F] [C]
[F] Then you took me to st.
Louis later on down the river
Upgrader said she's been here, but [G] she's gone boy.
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 was all [Fm] down the road
Now [F] won't you pat it down by Baton Rouge?
River Queen roll it all take that woman on down to [G] New Orleans, New Orleans
[F] Go on I've had enough
I [Bb] got my blues down in the Gulf
[F] She loves [C] you big river [Fm] more than me
[F]
[Fm] [C]
[B]
That's fine John, thank you, thank you very much song welcome back to Nashville to well nice to be back with all our friends again
The folks really loved you being down at the operate we had a ball
Not only that but she came back to town for another reason to did you make some records?
We record a single and we're done an album
Tonight as a matter of fact and we've got a tour of the South a tour of the
[Fm] Now
[F]
I taught the weeping willow how to cry
And I showed the clouds how to cover [G] up a clear blue sky
[F] And the tears that 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] I met her accidentally in St.
Paul, Minnesota
And it tore me up every time I heard [G] her drawl [Gm] southern fall
[F] Then I heard my dream went back downstream
[Bb] Cobourg and then Davenport [F] and I followed you [C] big river [Fm] when you call
[F]
[Bb] [C] [Fm] [F] [C]
[F] Then you took me to st.
Louis later on down the river
Upgrader said she's been here, but [G] she's gone boy.
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 was all [Fm] down the road
Now [F] won't you pat it down by Baton Rouge?
River Queen roll it all take that woman on down to [G] New Orleans, New Orleans
[F] Go on I've had enough
I [Bb] got my blues down in the Gulf
[F] She loves [C] you big river [Fm] more than me
[F]
[Fm] [C]
[B]
That's fine John, thank you, thank you very much song welcome back to Nashville to well nice to be back with all our friends again
The folks really loved you being down at the operate we had a ball
Not only that but she came back to town for another reason to did you make some records?
We record a single and we're done an album
Tonight as a matter of fact and we've got a tour of the South a tour of the
Key:
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Bb
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Fm
[C] So without further ado, here's the fabulous Johnny Cash
_ [Fm] Now _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
I taught the weeping willow how to cry _
And I showed the clouds how to cover [G] up a clear blue sky
[F] And the tears that 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] I met her accidentally in St.
Paul, Minnesota
And it tore me up every time I heard [G] her drawl [Gm] southern fall
[F] Then I heard my dream went back downstream
[Bb] Cobourg and then Davenport [F] and I followed you [C] big river [Fm] when you call _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ [Fm] _ _ [F] _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ [F] Then _ you took me to st.
Louis later on down the river
Upgrader said she's been here, but [G] she's gone boy.
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 was all [Fm] down the road
Now [F] won't you pat it down by Baton Rouge?
River Queen roll it all take that woman on down to [G] New Orleans, New Orleans
[F] Go on I've had enough
I [Bb] got my blues down in the Gulf
[F] She loves [C] you big river [Fm] more than me
[F] _ _
_ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
That's fine John, thank you, thank you very much song welcome back to Nashville to well nice to be back with all our friends again
The folks really loved you being down at the operate we had a ball
Not only that but she came back to town for another reason to did you make some records?
We record a single and we're done an album _
Tonight as a matter of fact and we've got a tour of the South a tour of the
_ [Fm] Now _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
I taught the weeping willow how to cry _
And I showed the clouds how to cover [G] up a clear blue sky
[F] And the tears that 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] I met her accidentally in St.
Paul, Minnesota
And it tore me up every time I heard [G] her drawl [Gm] southern fall
[F] Then I heard my dream went back downstream
[Bb] Cobourg and then Davenport [F] and I followed you [C] big river [Fm] when you call _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ [Fm] _ _ [F] _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ [F] Then _ you took me to st.
Louis later on down the river
Upgrader said she's been here, but [G] she's gone boy.
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 was all [Fm] down the road
Now [F] won't you pat it down by Baton Rouge?
River Queen roll it all take that woman on down to [G] New Orleans, New Orleans
[F] Go on I've had enough
I [Bb] got my blues down in the Gulf
[F] She loves [C] you big river [Fm] more than me
[F] _ _
_ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
That's fine John, thank you, thank you very much song welcome back to Nashville to well nice to be back with all our friends again
The folks really loved you being down at the operate we had a ball
Not only that but she came back to town for another reason to did you make some records?
We record a single and we're done an album _
Tonight as a matter of fact and we've got a tour of the South a tour of the