Big River Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[D][A][G][F][D]
Well, I taught the weeping willow how to cry,
cry, cry
And I taught the clouds how to cover
up the clear [E]blue [A]sky
[D]An d the tears I cried for that woman
are gonna flood [G]you, Big River
I'm [D]gonna sit [A]right here until [D]I die

[Verse 2]
[D]
Well, I met her accidentally in St. Paul,
Minnesota
And it tore me up every time I heard
her drawl [E]Southern [A]drawl
Well, [D]I heard my dream went back downstream
cavorting [G]in Davenport
[D]And I followed you, Big River,
[A]when you [D]called

[Verse 3]
[D]Well, I taught the weeping willow how to cry,
cry, cry
And I taught the clouds how to cover
up the clear [E]blue [A]sky
[D]An d the tears I cried for that woman
are gonna flood [G]you, Big River
[D]I'm gonna sit right [A]here until
[D]I die

[Interlude 1]
[D][E][A][D]
[G][D][A][D]

[Verse 4]
Then you took me to St. Louis [D]later
on down the river
And a freighter said, "She's been here, but she's gone,
[E]boy, [A]she's gone"
[D]I found her trail in Memphis,
but she [G]walked out the block
You [D]know, she turned,
she [A]went on down [D]the line

[Verse 5]
Well, I taught [D]the weeping willow how to cry,
cry, cry
And I taught the clouds how to cover
up the clear [E]blue [A]sky
[D]An d the tears I cried for that woman
are gonna flood [G]you, Big River
[D]I'm gonna sit [A]right here

[Interlude 2]
until I die
[D]
[E][A][D][G][D]

[Verse 6]
Well, won't [D]you batter down by Baton Rouge,
River Queen, roll it on
Take that woman down to New Orleans,
[E]New [A]Or leans
[D]Go on, I've had enough,
dump my blues [G]off in the gulf
[D]She loves you, Big [A]River, more than [D]me

[Verse 7]
Well, I taught the weeping willow [D]how to cry,
cry, cry
And I taught the clouds how to cover
up the clear [E]blue [A]sky
And the tears [D]I cried for that woman
are gonna flood [G]you, Big River
[D]I'm gonna sit [A]right here until [D]I die
Well, I'm gonna sit [A]right here until [D]I die

[Verse 8]
I'm gonna sit right here [A]until I die
[D]