Big Boat Up The River Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[D][Dm][D]
Big boat on the river
hauling seven ton
Coming up from [Bb]Natchez [D]on the
Memphis [Dm]run
Paddle [D]wheel a slip[Bb]ping an
[Dm]d the keel [D]don[Dm]e cracked
[D]Mean old Mississippi
trying to hold me back
[Dm]Won'[D]t

[Verse 2]
somebody tell
my woman
Somebody tell [Dm]my wom[D]an
Somebody tell my [Dm]woman
[D]Big

[Verse 3]
boat up the [Dm]river and
it won't come down
[D]Big boat up the river [Dm]and it
won't come down
[D]Big boat up the [Dm]river and it [D]won't
[Dm]come down[G][Dm]

[Verse 4]
[D]Captain told the stokers,
well, pack her [G]tight
[D]Got to get to Memphis
by tomorrow [Dm]night
[D]Coming off the delta,
well the far [Dm]done sat[F]
[Dm]Captain, lord, captain[Bb],
[D]tell me, where we [Dm]at?
[D]Somebody tell my

[Verse 5]
woman
Somebody tell my woman
Somebody tell my woman

[Verse 6]
Big boat up the river [D]and
it won't come down
Big boat up the river and it
won't [Dm]come down
[D]Big boat [Dm]up the river [F]an d
it [Dm]won't come down

[Verse 7]
Big boat, I'm coming [Bb]in the
pitch [D]black night
[Bb]That [D]Mississippi fog that
hits the pilot's light
[Dm]Gauging, [D]Mr. Gauger what's that
rumbling [F]sound
Sandbank [D]dead ahead and
[Bb]we done run aground
[Dm]Somebody tell[D]

[Verse 8]
my woman
Somebody tell my [Bb]woman
[D]Somebody tell my woman

[Verse 9]
Big boat up the river [Bb]an d it
won't [D]come down
Big boat up the [Bb]river and
it won't [Dm]come down
[D]Big boat up the river
and it won't come down
[Dm]My woman[D] say she

[Verse 10]
loves me
and I know it's true
But [C#]I done [D]done something
that you just [Dm]don't do
[D]Stayed [Dm]away from home too
long and [D]now I [Dm]see
[Bb]Some Natchez [F]man is trying to
[Bb]take my [D]gal from me
[Dm]He's

[Verse 11]
[D]messing 'round
with my woman
Messing 'round with my
woman
He's messing 'round

[Verse 12]
with my woman
[D]Big boat up the river and
it won't come down
Big boat up the river and
it won't come down
Big boat up the river and
it won't come down

[Verse 13]
When [D]I get off this wheeler,
gonna stay on land
Gonna take my little woman,
well- a, by the hand
Build me a cabin on a high old hill
Get me a rocking- chair
and sit right still
But some quiet night when the
wind will shift
The sounds from the river
will begin to drift
Some lonely rambler with a tearful eye
Will touch my heart with
his mournful cry

[Verse 14]
Somebody [D]tell my woman
Somebody tell my woman
Somebody tell my [Dm]woman
[D]Big boat up the

[Verse 15]
river and
it won't [Dm]come down
[C#]Big boat u[D]p the river [C#]and it
[D]won't come down
Big boat up the river and
it [C#]won't [D]come down

[Verse 16]
Big boat up the [D]river and
it won't [Dm]come down
[D]Big boat up the river and
it won't come down
Big boat up the river and it won't,
[A]won[G]'t come down
[D]
[D]