Big River Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][Gm][Bb][Gm][Bb][Gm][Bb][G]

[Verse 1]
Now [G]I
taught the weeping willow how to cry,
And I showed the clouds how to
cover up a [A]clear blue [D]sky.
The [G]tears that I cried for that woman
[D]are gon[G]na flo[C]od you Big River.
And [Gm]I'm [G]gonna sit right [D]here until I die.
[Gm]

[Verse 2]
[G]
I met her accidentally in St.
Paul (Minnesota).
And it tore me up every time I heard her [A]drawl,
Southern [D]drawl.
[Gm]Then I [G]heard my dream was back
[Gm]Downstream ca[C]vortin' in Davenport,
And I [G]followed you, Big [D]River,

[Interlude 1]
when you called.
[G][Gm][G][C][Gm]
[G][D][Gm][G]

[Verse 3]
Then you [G]took me to St. Louis later
on (down the river).
A freighter said she's been here but she's [A]gone,
boy, she's [D]gone.
I [G]found her trail in Memphis,
but she [C]just walked up the block.
She raised a few [Gm]eye b[G]rows and then
she [D]went on down alone.
[Gm]

[Verse 4]
[G]
Now, won't you batter down by Baton Rouge,
River Queen, roll it on.
Take that woman on down to New Or[A]leans,
New Or[D]leans.
Go [G]on, I've had enough,
dump my [C]blues down in the gulf.
[G]She loves you, Big [D]River,
more than [Gm]me.
[G]Now I taught

[Verse 5]
the weeping willow how to cry,
cry, cry
And I showed the clouds how to
cover up a [A]clear blue [D]sky.
And the [G]tears that I cried for that
woman are gonna [C]flood you Big River.
Then [G]I'm gonna sit right [D]here until
I [G]die.[Gm]

[Outro 1]
[Bb][Gm][Bb][Gm][Gm]