Big River chords by The Sundowners
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Now I taught
the whip and the willow
how to cry, cry, cry
And I showed the clouds
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how to cover up the clear blue sky
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And the tears that I cried for that woman
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are gonna flood you big river
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And I'm gonna sit right here until I die
Well, I met her accidentally
in St. Paul, Minnesota
And it tore me up every time
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I heard her draw, southern draw
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I heard my dream went back downstream
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Gm
to fall in death and fall
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And I followed you, big river,
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when you called
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Oh, guitar!
Then he took me to St. Louis,
later on down the river
Unafraid, I said she'd be here,
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but she's gone, boy, she's gone
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I found a trail back in Memphis,
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but she walked on up to bluff
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She raised a few eyebrows
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and then she went on down the low
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Get up!
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Bm
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Now won't you bat it on
down to Baton Rouge
The River Queen rollin' on
Take that woman on down to New Orleans,
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New Orleans
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Go on out there now
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Drop my blues down in the gold
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Well, she's not too big a river
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for me
You
Big River
The Sundowners
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