Big River chords by Johnny Cash

• Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Big River
Johnny Cash

Intro:
                  E       G   G   E               E       G   G    E
e|--------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|-0--|
B|--------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|-0--|
G|--------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|-1--|
D|--------------|-----2---0---0-|-2-------------|-----2---0---0--|-2--|
A|---2-2-2p0----|-----2---2---2-|-2---2-2-2p0---|-----2---2---2--|-2--|
E|-----------3--|-0-------3---3-|-0-----------3-|-0-------3---3--|-0--|


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:
                  E       G   G   E               E       G   G    E
e|--------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|----|
B|--------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|----|
G|--------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|-1--|
D|--------------|-----2---0---0-|-2-------------|-----2---0---0--|-2--|
A|---2-2-2p0----|-----2---2---2-|-2---2-2-2p0---|-----2---2---2--|-2--|
E|-----------3--|-0-------3---3-|-0-----------3-|-0-------3---3--|-0--|

                  A   A       A                   E       G   G    E
e|--------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|-0--|
B|--------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|-0--|
G|--------------|-----2-------2-|---------------|----------------|-1--|
D|---2-2-2p0----|-----2-------2-|---------------|-----2---0---0--|-2--|
A|-----------2--|-0-------0-----|-0---2-2-2p0---|-----2---2---2--|-2--|
E|--------------|---------------|-------------3-|-0-------3---3--|-0--|

                  B7       B7     B7              E       G   G    E
e|--------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|-0--|
B|--------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|-0--|
G|--------------|-----2-------2-|---------------|----------------|-1--|
D|--------------|-----1-------1-|---------------|-----2---0---0--|-2--|
A|---2-2-2p0-1--|-2-------------|-2---2-2-2p0---|-----2---2---2--|-2--|
E|--------------|---------2-----|-------------3-|-0-------3---3--|-0--|


Verse 3:
         E              E           E            E
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:
                  E       G   G   E               E       G   G    E
e|--------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|----|
B|--------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|----|
G|--------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|-1--|
D|--------------|-----2---0---0-|-2-------------|-----2---0---0--|-2--|
A|---2-2-2p0----|-----2---2---2-|-2---2-2-2p0---|-----2---2---2--|-2--|
E|-----------3--|-0-------3---3-|-0-----------3-|-0-------3---3--|-0--|
   1 2 & 3 & 4    1 & 2 & 3 & 4   1 & 2 & 3 & 4   1 & 2 & 3 & 4    1

                  A   A       A                   E       G   G    E
e|--------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|-0--|
B|--------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|-0--|
G|--------------|-----2-------2-|---------------|----------------|-1--|
D|---2-2-2p0----|-----2-------2-|---------------|-----2---0---0--|-2--|
A|-----------2--|-0-------0-----|-0---2-2-2p0---|-----2---2---2--|-2--|
E|--------------|---------------|-------------3-|-0-------3---3--|-0--|
   1 2 & 3 & 4    1 & 2 & 3 & 4   1 & 2 & 3 & 4   1 & 2 & 3 & 4    1

                  B7       B7     B7              E       G   G    E
e|--------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|-0--|
B|--------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|-0--|
G|--------------|-----2-------2-|---------------|----------------|-1--|
D|--------------|-----1-------1-|---------------|-----2---0---0--|-2--|
A|---2-2-2p0-1--|-2-------------|-2---2-2-2p0---|-----2---2---2--|-2--|
E|--------------|---------2-----|-------------3-|-0-------3---3--|-0--|
   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:
G G G  E    G G G  E



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