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