Big River chords by Johnny Cash
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Intro 1
(F major) (F major) (F major) (F major) (F major)
Verse 1
Now I (F major) taught the weeping willow how to cry
And I showed the clouds
how to cover up a (G major) clear blue sky (C major)
And the tears (F major) that I cried for that woman
are gonna (B flat major) flood you Big River
Then I'm (F major) gonna sit right (C major) here until I die (F major)
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Verse 2
I (F major) met her accidentally in St. Paul (Minnesota)
And it tore me up every time
I heard her drawl (G major) Southern drawl (C major)
Then I (F major) heard my dream was back
Downstream ca (B flat major) vortin' in Davenport
And I (F major) followed you, Big (C major) River,
when you called (F major)
Solo 1
(F major) (F major) (F major) (F major)
(B flat major) (B flat major) (F major) (F major)
(C major) (C major) (F major) (F major)
Verse 3
Then you (F major) took me to St. Louis
later on (down the river)
A freighter said she's been here
But she's gone, (G major) boy, she's gone (C major)
I found (F major) her trail in Memphis
But she (B flat major) just walked up the bluff
She raised a (F major) few eyebrows
and then she (C major) went on down alone (F major)
Verse 4
Now, won't you (F major) paddle down by
Baton Rouge River Queen, rollin' on
Take that woman on down
to New Orleans, (G major) New Orleans (C major)
Go on, (F major) I've had enough
Dump my blues (B flat major) in the gulf
(F major) She loves you, Big (C major) River, more than me (F major)
Interlude 1
(F major) (F major) (F major) (F major)
(B flat major) (B flat major) (F major) (F major)
(C major) (C major) (F major) (F major)
Verse 5
Now I (F major) taught the weeping willow
how to cry,cry,cry
And I showed the clouds
how to cover up a (G major) clear blue sky (C major)
And the tears (F major) that I cried for that woman
are gonna (B flat major) flood you Big River
Then I'm (F major) gonna sit right (C major) here until I die
Outro 1
(F major) (F major) (F major) (F major) (F major)
Big River
Johnny Cash
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