Johnny Cash - Big river

^ENow I taught the weeping willow how to cry, ^EAnd I showed the clouds how to cover up a ^Dclear blue sky. ^EAnd the tears that I cried for that woman,^A are gonna flood you Big River. ^EThen I'm gonna ^Dsit right here until I ^Edie.

^EI met her accidentally in St. Paul, Minnesota. ^EAnd it tore me up ev'ry time I heard her ^Ddrawl, Southern drawl. ^EThen I heard my dream was back downstream, ^Acavortin' in Davenport. ^EAnd I followed you, ^DBig River, ^Awhen you called.

^EThen you took me to St. Louis later on (down the river). ^EA freighter said she's been here but she's ^Dgone, boy, she's gone. ^EI found her trail in Memphis, but she just ^Awalked up the block. ^EShe raised a few eye^Dbrows and then she went on down ^Aalone.

^ENow, won't you batter down by Baton Rouge, River Queen, roll it on. ^ETake that woman on down to ^DNew Orleans, New Orleans. ^EGo on, I've had enough; dump my ^Ablues down in the gulf. ^EShe loves you, ^DBig River, ^Emore than me.

^ENow I taught the weeping willow how to cry, ^EAnd I showed the clouds how to cover up a ^Dclear blue sky. ^EAnd the tears that I cried for that woman,^A are gonna flood you Big River. ^EThen I'm gonna ^Dsit right here until I ^Edie.