Chords for The Highwaymen - Big River (American Outlaws: Live at Nassau Coliseum, 1990)

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Oh, well, I taught the weeping willow how to cry, cry, cry.
And I showed the clouds how to cover [F#] up a clear [B] blue sky.
[E] And the tears I cried for that woman [A] are gonna flood you big river.
[E] And I'm gonna sit [B] right here [E] until I die.
_ Well, I met her accidentally in St.
Paul, Minnesota.
And it tore me up to hear her when [F#] she'd draw that [B] southern drawl.
Well, [E] I heard my dream went back downstream, [A]
cohortin' and dabbin' for her.
[E] But I'll follow you [B] big river when [Em] you call.
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_ _ You took me to St.
Louis and later on down the river.
Freighter said she's been here, but [F#] she's gone, boy, [B] she's gone.
[E] Then I found her trail in Memphis, [A] but she just walked up the bluff.
[E] Raised a few [B] eyebrows, moved on [E] down the road.
_ _ Well, I pulled into Natchez the next day down the river.
But there wasn't too much to make [F#] around to stay [B] very long.
[E] Well, I left it was raining, [A] so nobody saw me cry.
[E] Big river, [B] why is you doin' [E] me this way? _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ Now, won't you bat it down for Baton Rouge, river queen?
Roll it on.
Take that woman on down to [F#] New Orleans, [B] New Orleans.
[E] Go on, I've had enough [A] of my blues down in the Gulf.
[E] She [B] loves you big river [E] more than me.
_ Well, I told the wee man we'll know how to cry, cry, cry.
And I showed the clouds how to cover [F#] up the clear [B] blue sky.
[E] And the tears I cried for that woman are [A] gonna flood you big river.
[E] And I'm gonna sit [B] right here until [E] I die. _ _ _ _ _ _
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© transcript Emily _ [B] Beynon
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