Big River Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][Cm][C][Cm][C]

[Verse 1]
I [C]taught the weeping
willow how to cry, cry, cry
And I showed the clouds how to
cover up [Dm]a clear [D]blue sky[G]
And [C]the tears [Cm]that I cried for that woman
are gonna [F]flood you Big River
Then I'm gon[Cm]na s[C]it right
[G]here un[Gm]til I die
[Cm]

[Verse 2]
I met her acci[C]dentally in St. Paul,
Minnesota
And it tore me up every time I heard her [D]drawl,
southern [G]drawl
Then I [C]heard my [Cm]dream was back
downstream [F]cavortin' in Davenport
And I [Cm]fol lowed [C]you, Big R[G]iver,

[Interlude 1]
when she called
[G][Cm][C][Cm][C][Cm][C][F]
[Cm][C][G][Cm][C]

[Verse 3]
Oh, she [C]took [Cm]me to St. L[C]ouis later on,
down the [Cm]river
A freighter [C]said she's been here but she's [D]gone,
boy, she's [G]gone
And I [Cm]found her trail [C]in Memphis,
but she [F]just walked up the block
She raised [C]a few eyebrows and then
[G]went on down alone
[Cm]

[Verse 4]
[C]
Well, I pulled [Cm]into Natchez,
next [C]day down the river
But there wasn't much there to make
the rounders [D]stay very [G]long
When [Cm]I left it was rainin'
so [F]nobody saw me cry
Big [Cm]river[F], why [C]she doi[G]n' me [Gm]this

[Interlude 2]
way?
[Cm][C][Cm][C][Cm][F]
[Cm][C][G][Cm]
[C]Now, won't you bat

[Verse 5]
[Cm]ter down by Baton Rouge,
River [C]Queen, roll it on
Take that woman on down to New Orleans,
[D]New Orlea[G]ns
[C]Go on, I've had enough,
[Cm]dump my [F]blues down in the gulf
[Cm]She [C]loves you, Big R[G]iver,
more than me
[Cm]

[Verse 6]
[C]
I taught [Cm]the weeping willow [C]how to cry,
cry, cry
And I showed the clouds how to
cover up a [D]clear blue [G]sky
And [C]the tears that I [Cm]cried for [C]that wo
[Cm]man are gonna [F]flood you Big River
And I'm gon[C]na sit right
[G]here until I die

[Outro 1]
[Cm][C][Cm][Eb]