Big Water chords by Iris DeMent, Tom Russell
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Intro 1
(C major) (A minor) (C major) (A minor)
Verse 1
They (C major) call this
river the father (A minor) of waters
I (C major) guarantee you that's a (A minor) fact
Old (C major) Man River, he gone (A minor) high,
wild, and angry
He (F major) takin' the bottom lands back (C major)
Well you know that old saying,
come hell (A minor) or high water,
(C major) they mean the same thing to (A minor) me.
(C major) I watch my home and everything
(A minor) that I'd work for
float (F major) ing down south to the sea, (C major)
down (F major) to the Mexican (G major) sea. (C major)
(F major) Big water rising (C major)
on the (F major) plans of mice and men (C major)
Mother (F major) Nature's tears
are (C major) flooding the levee
Of the (F major) worn out, (G major) promised (A minor) land
Of a (F major) worn out,
promised land (C major) (A minor) (C major) (A minor) (C major) (A minor)
He loaded (C major) the Seabirds two -by -t (A minor) wo
Well, (C major) me, I got my wife and kid
and a (A minor) pair of old hound dogs
in (F major) a Sears & Nova canal
(C major) We floated down to Hanni (A minor) bal,
Missouri
where the (C major) snakes were
nesting in the trees. (A minor)
I shouted (C major) Mark Twain
as (A minor) we were rolling through the levee,
but (F major) no one shouted back at me. (C major)
No (F major) one shouted back at (G major) me. (C major)
(F major) Big water rising (C major)
on the (F major) plans of mice an (C major) d men.
Mother (F major) Nature's tears
are (C major) floodin' the levee
Of the (F major) worn -out Promised (G major) (A minor) Land
Of the (F major) worn -out Promised Land (C major) (A minor)
(C major) (A minor) (C major) (A minor) (F major) (C major) (A minor)
(C major) (A minor)
They (C major) call this river the father (A minor) of waters
I (C major) guarantee you that's a (A minor) fact
(C major) Old man river he (G major) gone (A minor) high,
wild and angry
He's (F major) taken the bottom land back (C major)
He took the bankrupt farms
and the empty (A minor) coal mines
And the (C major) ghosts of the factory town (A minor) s
Well, (C major) the Bible tells of a fire (A minor)
next time
But there'll be (F major) nothing
left to burn down (C major)
Noth (F major) ing left to burn (G major) down (C major)
(F major) Big water rising (C major)
On the (F major) plans of my sandman
(C major) Mother (F major) Nature's tears
are (C major) floodin' the levee
Of the (F major) worn -out promised (G major) land (A minor)
Of the (F major) worn -out promised land (C major) (A minor) (C major)
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Big Water
Iris Dement, Tom Russell
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