Big River
Big River

Big River easy guitar chords by The Highwaymen

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Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 4

Capo

Transpose

0

Capo

  • G

  • Cm

    3

  • C

  • Dm

  • D

  • F

  • Gm

    3

  • Eb

    6

  • G

  • Cm

    3

  • C

  • Dm

  • D

  • F

  • Gm

    3

  • Eb

    6
    • Intro 1

    Verse 1
    I 
    taught 
    the weeping 

    willow 
    how 
    to cry, 
    cry, 
    cry 

    And 
    I 
    showed 
    the 
    clouds 
    how 
    to 

    cover 
    up 
    a clear 
    blue 
    sky 

    And 
    the tears 
    that I cried 
    for 
    that 
    woman 

    are gonna 
    flood 
    you 
    Big 
    River 

    Then I'm 
    gon
    na 
    sit 
    right 

    here 
    un
    til 
    I 
    die 

    Verse 2

    I 
    met 
    her 
    acci
    dentally 
    in 
    St. 
    Paul, 

    Minnesota 

    And 
    it tore 
    me 
    up 
    every 
    time 
    I 
    heard 
    her 
    drawl, 

    southern 
    drawl 

    Then I 
    heard 
    my 
    dream 
    was 
    back 

    downstream 
    cavortin' 
    in 
    Davenport 

    And 
    I 
    fol
    lowed 
    you, 
    Big 
    River, 

    Interlude 1
    when 
    she 
    called 



    Verse 3
    Oh, 
    she 
    took 
    me 
    to 
    St. 
    Louis 
    later 
    on, 

    down 
    the 
    river 

    A freighter 
    said 
    she's 
    been 
    here 
    but 
    she's 
    gone, 

    boy, 
    she's 
    gone 

    And 
    I 
    found 
    her trail 
    in 
    Memphis, 

    but 
    she 
    just 
    walked 
    up 
    the block 

    She 
    raised 
    a few 
    eyebrows 
    and 
    then 

    went 
    on 
    down 
    alone 

    Verse 4

    Well, 
    I 
    pulled 
    into 
    Natchez, 

    next 
    day 
    down 
    the river 

    But 
    there 
    wasn't 
    much 
    there 
    to make 

    the 
    rounders 
    stay 
    very 
    long 

    When 
    I 
    left 
    it 
    was 
    rainin' 

    so 
    nobody 
    saw 
    me 
    cry 

    Big 
    river
    , why 
    she 
    doin' 
    me 
    this 

    Interlude 2
    way? 



    Now, 
    won't 
    you 
    bat
    Verse 5
    ter 
    down 
    by 
    Baton 
    Rouge, 

    River 
    Queen, 
    roll 
    it 
    on 

    Take 
    that 
    woman 
    on 
    down 
    to 
    New 
    Or
    leans, 

    New 
    Or
    leans 

    Go on, 
    I've 
    had 
    enough, 

    dump 
    my 
    blues 
    down 
    in 
    the gulf 

    She 
    loves 
    you, 
    Big 
    River, 

    more 
    than 
    me 

    Verse 6

    I 
    taught 
    the weeping 
    willow 
    how 
    to cry, 

    cry, 
    cry 

    And 
    I 
    showed 
    the 
    clouds 
    how 
    to 

    cover 
    up 
    a 
    clear 
    blue 
    sky 

    And 
    the tears 
    that I 
    cried 
    for 
    that 
    wo

    man 
    are 
    gonna 
    flood 
    you 
    Big 
    River 

    And 
    I'm 
    gon
    na 
    sit 
    right 

    here 
    until 
    I 
    die 

    Outro 1

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