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Big River easy guitar chords by
The Highwaymen
The Highwaymen

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Intro 1
G
Cm
C
Cm
C

Verse 1
C

I taught the weeping

willow how to cry, cry, cry

And I showed the clouds how to
Dm
D
G

cover up a clear blue sky
C
Cm

And the tears that I cried for that woman
F

are gonna flood you Big River
Cm
C

Then I'm gonna sit right
G
Gm

here until I die
Cm
Verse 2

C

I met her accidentally in St. Paul,

Minnesota
D

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

southern drawl
C
Cm

Then I heard my dream was back
F

downstream cavortin' in Davenport
Cm
C
G

And I fol lowed you, Big River,
Interlude 1

when she called
G
Cm
C
Cm
C
Cm
C
F

Cm
C
G
Cm
C

Verse 3
C
Cm
C

Oh, she took me to St. Louis later on,
Cm

down the river
C
D

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

boy, she's gone
Cm
C

And I found her trail in Memphis,
F

but she just walked up the block
C

She raised a few eyebrows and then
G

went on down alone
Cm
Verse 4
C

Cm

Well, I pulled into Natchez,
C

next day down the river

But there wasn't much there to make
D
G

the rounders stay very long
Cm

When I left it was rainin'
F

so nobody saw me cry
Cm
F
C
G
Gm

Big river, why she doin' me this
Interlude 2

way?
Cm
C
Cm
C
Cm
F

Cm
C
G
Cm

C
Now, won't you bat
Verse 5
Cm

ter down by Baton Rouge,
C

River Queen, roll it on

Take that woman on down to New Orleans,
D
G

New Orleans
C

Go on, I've had enough,
Cm
F

dump my blues down in the gulf
Cm
C
G

She loves you, Big River,

more than me
Cm
Verse 6
C

Cm
C

I taught the weeping willow how to cry,

cry, cry

And I showed the clouds how to
D
G

cover up a clear blue sky
C
Cm
C

And the tears that I cried for that wo
Cm
F

man are gonna flood you Big River
C

And I'm gonna sit right
G

here until I die
Outro 1
Cm
C
Cm
Eb

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Chords
  • G

  • Cm

    3
  • C

  • Dm

  • D

  • F

  • Gm

    3
  • Eb

    6

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