Big River chords by Hank Williams Jr.

SimplifiedG · Gm · A · D · C

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Intro 1

Verse 1
G 
Well I taught the weeping
willow how to cry
Gm 
G 
And I showed the clouds how
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D 
to cover up a clear blue sky
G 
Gm 
And the tears I cried for that woman
C 
are gonna flood you Big River
G 
D 
G 
Then I'm gonna sit right here until I die
Oh I met her accidentaly in
St Paul Minnesota
And it tore me up every time I heard
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D 
her drawl southern drawl
G 
Then I heard my dream was back
C 
downstream cavortin' in Davenport
G 
And I followed you Big
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G 
River when you called
Then you took me to St Louis later
on down the river
A freighter said she's been here
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D 
but she's gone boy she's gone
G 
I found her trail in Memphis but
C 
she just walked up the block
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D 
She raised a few eyebrows and went
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A 
D 
G 
on down alone
C 
G 
D 
G 
[ steel - guitar ]
Now won't you batter down by
Boton Rouge River Queen roll it on
Take that woman on down to New
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D 
Orleans New Orleans
Gm 
G 
Go on I've had enough dump
C 
my blues down in the gulf
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D 
Oh she loves you Big River
G 
more than me
Yeah I taught the weeping
willow how to cry cry cry
And I showed the clouds how to
A 
D 
cover up a clear blue sky
G 
And the tears I cried for that woman
C 
are gonna flood you Big River
G 
D 
Then I'm gonna sit right here until I die