Big River

Big River easy guitar chords by Johnny Cash

1985Country
Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

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Fret 3

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  • Intro 1

    Verse 1
    Now 
    taught 
    the 
    weeping 
    willow 
    how 
    to 
    cry 

    And 
    showed 
    the 
    clouds 

    how 
    to 
    cover 
    up 
    clear 
    blue 
    sky 

    And 
    the 
    tears 
    that 
    cried 
    for 
    that 
    woman 

    are 
    gon
    na 
    flood 
    you 
    Big 
    River 

    Then 
    I'm 
    gonna 
    sit 
    right 
    here 
    until 
    die 

    Verse 2
    met 
    her 
    accidentally 
    in 
    St. 
    Paul 
    (Minnesota) 

    And 
    it 
    tore 
    me 
    up 
    every 
    time 

    heard 
    her 
    drawl 
    Southern 
    drawl 

    Then 
    heard 
    my 
    dream 
    was 
    back 

    Downstream 
    ca
    vortin' 
    in 
    Davenport 

    And 
    followed 
    you, 
    Big 
    River, 

    when 
    you 
    called 

    Solo 1



    Verse 3
    Then 
    you 
    took 
    me 
    to 
    St. 
    Louis 

    later 
    on 
    (down 
    the 
    river) 

    freighter 
    said 
    she's 
    been 
    here 

    But 
    she's 
    gone, 
    boy, 
    she's 
    gone 

    found 
    her 
    trail 
    in 
    Memphis 

    But 
    she 
    just 
    walked 
    up 
    the 
    bluff 

    She 
    raised 
    few 
    eyebrows 

    and 
    then 
    she 
    went 
    on 
    down 
    a
    lone 

    Verse 4
    Now, 
    won't 
    you 
    paddle 
    down 
    by 

    Baton 
    Rouge 
    River 
    Queen, 
    rollin' 
    on 

    Take 
    that 
    woman 
    on 
    down 

    to 
    New 
    Or
    leans, 
    New 
    Or
    leans 

    Go 
    on, 
    I've 
    had 
    enough 

    Dump 
    my 
    blues 
    in 
    the 
    gulf 

    She 
    loves 
    you, 
    Big 
    River, 
    more 
    than 
    me 

    Interlude 1



    Verse 5
    Now 
    taught 
    the 
    weeping 
    willow 

    how 
    to 
    cry,cry,cry 

    And 
    showed 
    the 
    clouds 

    how 
    to 
    cover 
    up 
    clear 
    blue 
    sky 

    And 
    the 
    tears 
    that 
    cried 
    for 
    that 
    woman 

    are 
    gon
    na 
    flood 
    you 
    Big 
    River 

    Then 
    I'm 
    gonna 
    sit 
    right 
    here 
    until 
    die 

    Outro 1

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