Big River chords by Grateful Dead

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Novice

Verse:
  E
Now I taught the weeping willow how to cry,
                      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:
  E
I met her accidentally in St. Paul (Minnesota).
                     F#       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.

      E
Then you took me to St. Louis later on (down the river).
                      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 block.
        E             B7     E
She raised a few eyebrows and then she went on down alone.

Verse:
       E
Now, won't you batter down by Baton Rouge, River Queen, roll it on.
               F#       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.

   E
Now I taught the weeping willow how to cry,
                      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 E7
Then I'm gonna sit right here until I die