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            Big River
Johnny Cash

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
      E                                E
Now I taught the weeping willow how to cry,
      E                                   F#         B7
And I showed the clouds how to cover up a clear blue sky.
        E                                            A
And the tears that I cried for that woman, are gonna flood you Big River.
     E                   B7           E
Then I'm gonna sit right here until I die.


[Verse 2]
  E                           E          E
I met her accidentally in St. Paul, Minnesota.
       E                                 F#              B7
And it tore me up ev'ry time I heard her drawl, Southern drawl.
       E                                     A
Then I heard my dream was back downstream, cavortin' in Davenport.
    E                   B7              E
And I followed you, Big River, when you called.


[Instrumental]
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[Verse 3]
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Then you took me to St. Louis later on (down the river).
  E                                        F#               B7
A freighter said she's been here but she's gone, boy, she's gone.
  E                                   A
I found her trail in Memphis, but she just walked up the bluff.
    E                                  B7            E
She raised a few eyebrows and then she went on down alone.


[Verse 4]
               E                    E            E              E
Now, won't you batter down by Baton Rouge, River Queen, roll it on.
E                              F#             B7
Take that woman on down to New Orleans, New Orleans.
   E             E              A
Go on, I've had enough; dump my blues down in the gulf.
E                  B7               E
She loves you, Big River, more than me.


[Instrumental]
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   1 2 & 3 & 4    1 & 2 & 3 & 4   1 & 2 & 3 & 4   1 & 2 & 3 & 4    1


[Verse 5]
      E                  E             E
Now I taught the weeping willow how to cry, cry, cry...
      E                        E          F#         B7
And I showed the clouds how to cover up a clear blue sky.
        E                           E                A
And the tears that I cried for that woman, are gonna flood you Big River.
     E                   B7           E
Then I'm gonna sit right here until I die.


[Outro]
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