Big River chords by The Highwaymen
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Intro 1
(G major) (C minor) (C major) (C minor) (C major)
Verse 1
I taught (C major) the weeping
willow how to cry, cry, cry
And I showed the clouds how to
cover up a clear (D minor) (D major) blue sky (G major)
And the tears (C major) (C minor) that I cried for that woman
are gonna flood (F major) you Big River
Then I'm gon (C minor) na sit (C major) right
here (G major) until (G minor) I die
(C minor)
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Verse 2
I met her acci (C major) dentally in St. Paul,
Minnesota
And it tore me up every time I heard her drawl, (D major)
southern drawl (G major)
Then I (C major) heard my (C minor) dream was back
downstream (F major) cavortin' in Davenport
And I fol (C minor) lowed you, (C major) Big River, (G major)
Interlude 1
when she called
(G major) (C minor) (C major) (C minor) (C major) (C minor) (C major) (F major)
(C minor) (C major) (G major) (C minor) (C major)
Verse 3
Oh, she took (C major) (C minor) me to St. Louis (C major) later on,
down the river (C minor)
A freighter said (C major) she's been here but she's (D major) gone,
boy, she's gone (G major)
And I found (C minor) her trail (C major) in Memphis,
but she (F major) just walked up the block
She raised a few (C major) eyebrows and then
(G major) went on down alone
(C minor)
Verse 4
(C major)
Well, I pulled (C minor) into Natchez,
next (C major) day down the river
But there wasn't much there to make
the rounders stay (D major) very long (G major)
When I (C minor) left it was rainin'
so nobody (F major) saw me cry
Big (C minor) river (F major) , why (C major) she doin' (G major) me (G minor) this
Interlude 2
way?
(C minor) (C major) (C minor) (C major) (C minor) (F major)
(C minor) (C major) (G major) (C minor)
Now, (C major) won't you bat
Verse 5
(C minor) ter down by Baton Rouge,
River Queen, (C major) roll it on
Take that woman on down to New Orleans,
(D major) New Orleans (G major)
Go on, (C major) I've had enough,
dump (C minor) my blues (F major) down in the gulf
She (C minor) loves (C major) you, Big River, (G major)
more than me
(C minor)
Verse 6
(C major)
I taught the weeping (C minor) willow how (C major) to cry,
cry, cry
And I showed the clouds how to
cover up a clear (D major) blue sky (G major)
And the tears (C major) that I cried (C minor) for (C major) that wo
(C minor) man are gonna flood (F major) you Big River
And I'm gon (C major) na sit right
here (G major) until I die
Outro 1
(C minor) (C major) (C minor) (E flat major)
Big River
The Highwaymen
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