Big River Chords & Tabs
by Johnny Cash
[Content]
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BIG RIVER - JOHNNY CASH
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Tabbed by: F4R3W311
Date: Oct 2, 2011
Tuning: Standard (Capo on 1)
[Intro]
E A E B7 E
e|----------0-0-0-0-----------0-0-0-0-----------0-0-0-0-----------0-0-0-0-----------2-2-2-2-----------0-0-0-0-|
B|----------0-0-0-0-----------0-0-0-0-----------2-2-2-2-----------0-0-0-0-----------0-0-0-0-----------0-0-0-0-|
G|----------1-1-1-1-----------1-1-1-1-----------2-2-2-2-----------1-1-1-1-----------2-2-2-2-----------1-1-1-1-|
D|----------2-2-2-2-----------2-2-2-2-2-2-0-----2-2-2-2-----------2-2-2-2-----------1-1-1-1-----------2-2-2-2-|
A|2-2-0-----2-2-2-2-2-2-0-----2-2-2-2-------2-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-0-----2-2-2-2-2-2-0-1-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-----2-2-2-2-|
E|------2-0-0-0-0-0-------2-0-0-0-0-0-------------------------2-0-0-0-0-0-------------------------2-0-0-0-0-0-|
[Verse 1]
E
Now I taught the weeping willow how to cry
E F#7 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
I met her accidentally in St. Paul, Minnesota
E F#7 B7
And it tore me up every 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
[Break]
E E E E
A A E E
B7 B7 E E
[Verse 3]
E
Then you took me to St. Louis later on down the river
E F#7 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 block
E B7 E
She raised a few eyebrows and then she went on down alone
[Verse 4]
E
Now, won't you batter down by Baton Rouge, River Queen, roll it on
E F#7 B7
Take that woman on down to New Orleans, New Orleans
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
[Verse 5]
E
Now I taught the weeping willow how to cry, cry, cry
E F#7 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
