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[Intro 1] [C][F][C][F][C][F] [Verse 1] [F]Now [Fm]I taught the [F]weeping willow how to cry And I showed the cloud how to cover [G]up the clear blue [C]sky All the [F]tears and pride for that woman are gonna [Bb]flood you big river [F]And I'm gonna sit[C] right here until I die[F][C][F] I met her accidentally in San Paul, Minnesota And it [Fm]tore me up [F]every time I heard [G]her draw something [C]wrong I [F]heard my dream was back downstream, Co[Bb]bolton in Devonport So I [F]followed you big [C]river when you [F]called[C][F][Bb] [F][C][F][C][F][C][F] Then you took me to St. Louis, laid her on down the river Afraid to say she's been here, but she's [G]gone, boy, she's [C]gone I [F]found her trail in Memphis, but [Bb]she'd just walked up the block She was a [F]few [C]miles, then she walked down the [F]road[C] And I want [F]you better down by Baton Rouge, Ripcreen rollin' on Take that woman on down to New [G]Orleans, New Or[C]leans Go [F]on, I had enough, I dug my [Bb]blues down in the Gulf Yeah, she [F]loved [C]you, Big River, more than [F]me [C]Gui[F]tar[Bb][C][G][F][Ab][F][C][F] And now I taught the weepin' willow how to cry, cry, cry And I showed the cloud how to cover up the [G]clear blue [C]sky All the [F]tears I cried for that woman are gonna [Bb]flood you big river And [F]I'm gonna sit right [C]here until I die [Outro 1] [F]
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