Big River chords by
Johnny Cash
Kris Kristofferson

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Key: D major•

Intro 1

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Verse 1
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Now I
taught the weeping willow how to cry,
And I showed the clouds how to
A A 
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D D 
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cover up a clear blue sky.
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The tears that I cried for that woman
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G G 
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C C 
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are gonna flood you Big River.
Gm Gm 3
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G G 
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D D 
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And I'm gonna sit right here until I die.
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Verse 2
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I met her accidentally in St.
Paul (Minnesota).
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And it tore me up every time I heard her drawl,
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Southern drawl.
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Then I heard my dream was back
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Downstream cavortin' in Davenport,
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D D 
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And I followed you, Big River,

Interlude 1

when you called.

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Verse 3
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Then you took me to St. Louis later
on (down the river).
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A freighter said she's been here but she's gone,
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boy, she's gone.
G G 
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I found her trail in Memphis,
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but she just walked up the block.
Gm Gm 3
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G G 
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She raised a few eye brows and then
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she went on down alone.
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Verse 4
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Now, won't you batter down by Baton Rouge,
River Queen, roll it on.
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Take that woman on down to New Orleans,
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New Orleans.
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Go on, I've had enough,
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dump my blues down in the gulf.
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D D 
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She loves you, Big River,
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more than me.
G G 
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Now I taught

Verse 5
the weeping willow how to cry,
cry, cry
And I showed the clouds how to
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cover up a clear blue sky.
G G 
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And the tears that I cried for that
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woman are gonna flood you Big River.
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D D 
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Then I'm gonna sit right here until
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Gm Gm 3
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I die.

Outro 1

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