Big River chords by Gene Summers

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Verse 1
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Well, I  taught the
weepin' the willow
how to cry
And I showed the clouds how to cover
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up of the clear blue sky
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And the tears that I cried
for that woman
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They're gonna flood you big river
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And I'm gonna sit right here until I die
Well, I met her accidentally in St. Paul,
Minnesota
And it tore me up every time
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that I heard her draw a southern draw
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Then I heard my dream,
she went back downstream,
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Fort Worth and then Davenport
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And I followed you big river
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when you called
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Well, then you took me to St. Louis
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Later on down the river
Afraid I said, Jean,
she'd been here before
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But she's gone, Lord, she's gone
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And I found her tracks in Memphis
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But she had just walked up the bluff
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She raised a few eyebrows
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and then she went on down
Now won't you bat it down
by Baton Rouge, River Queen
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Take that woman on down
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to New Orleans, New Orleans
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Go on, I've had enough,
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dumped my blues down in the guff
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She loves you big river more
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than me
Well, I taught the weepin' willow
How to cry, cry, cry, cry, cry
And I showed the clouds how to cover
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Up a color of a blue sky
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And the tears I cried for that woman
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They're gonna flood you big river
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And I'm gonna sit right here till I die
Honey
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