Big River Chords by Johnny Cash

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_ I thought the weeping willow had a pride, _ and I showed the cloud how to cover [G] up a clear
[C] blue sky, [Fm] and dear, but I cried, but that woman, [Bb] I'm gonna flood you big river, [F] and
I'm [C] gonna sit right here [F] until I die. _
I met her accidentally in St.
Paul, Minnesota, and it tore me up every time [G] I heard her
draw, southern [C] draw, [F] and I heard my dream back [Bb] downstream, come morning in Davenport,
[F] and I followed you [C] big river, [F] when you called.
I was gonna break you, but you were not a part of me, and [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
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you took me to St.
Louis,
later on down the river.
A freighter said she's been here, [G] but she's gone, [C] boy, she's gone.
[F] I found her trail in Memphis, [Bb] but she just walked out the bluff, [F] she raised a few [C] eyebrows,
and then she went on [F] down the lawn.
Now won't you bat it down by Baton Rouge, river queen, oh no, take that woman down to
[G] New Orleans, [C] New Orleans.
[F] [Cm] Oh, I've [Fm] had enough, [Bb] got my blues down in the guff, [Fm] [C] she loves you big river [Fm] more than me. _
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_ _ _ Now I [Bb] taught the weeping [F] willow how to cry, cry, cry, and I showed the clouds how to cover
[Dm] up a [Eb] clear blue [C] sky, [F] and the tears that I cried for that [Bb] woman are gonna flood you big river,
[Cm] and I'm [C] gonna sit right here until [F] I die.
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