Johnny Cash - Big river

Now a ^Etaught the weepin willow how ta cry And a showed the clouds how ta c^E7over up,^Ethe ^F#7clear blue ^B7sky And the ^Etears a cried for that ^E7woman,are gonna^A7,flood you big river Then ^Eam gonna sit right ^B7here until a ^Edie^G/E/G/E/G/E

^EI met her accidently in St Paul,Minnesota An it tore me up every^E7time a ^Eheard her ^F#7drawl,Southern ^B7drawl Then a ^Eheard ma dream was ^E7back downstream ^A7cavortin in Davenport And ^Ea follwed you,big ^B7river,when you ^Ecalled^G/E/G/E/G/E

^EThen you took me to St Louis,later on,down the river A freighter said she's been ^E7here but ^Eshe's ^F#7gone,boy she's ^B7gone A ^Efound her trail in ^E7Memphis,but she^A7 just walked up the block She ^Eraised a few eyebrows,and ^B7then went on down ^Ealone^G/E/G/E/G/E

^ENow don't you batter down by Baton Rouge,River Queen,roll it on Take that ^E7woman on ^Edown to New Or^F#7leans,New Or^B7leans Go ^Eon a've had eno^E7ugh,dump ma ^A7blues down in the gulf ^EShe loves you,big ^B7river,more than ^Eme^G/E/G/E/G/E