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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