BIG RIVER
JOHN R. CASH

INTRO:
D-----------------------------| 3X
A--3-3-3-1------------------|
E------------3b-1-4-44-4-4|

              F
Well I've taught the weeping willow how to cry.
                                                                          G             C7
And I've showed the clouds how to cover up a clear blue sky.
             F                                                                     Bb
And the tears that I cried for that woman, are gonna flood you Big River.
       F                    C7                      F        G#    F
And I'm gonna sit right here until I die.

Lead Riff:(After each verse)
              G#     F
Low E: --4-4-4-1

I met her accidentally in St. Paul, Minnesota.
And it tore me up everytime I heard her drawl, Southern drawl.
Then I heard my dream, went back down stream' cavorting in Davenport.
And I followed you Big River, when she called.
(Lead Riff)

SOLO:
D------------------------------------------------------------------3-3-3-1--------------------------------------------------|
A--3-3-3-1------------------------3-3-3-1--------------------------------3b1-4-44-4-1----3-3-3-1-------------------|
E-------------3b-1-4-44-4-4---------------3b1-4-44-4-1----------------------------------------------3b1-4-44-4-4|


D------------------5----5-5-3-1-----------------------|
A--3-3-3-1----3----3------------3-1-----------------|
E-------------3-------------------------3b1-4-44-4-1|

Then you took me to St. Louis, later on down the river.
A frieghter said she's been ther, but she's gone,boy,she's gone.
I found her trail in Memphis, but she just walked up the bluff.
She raised a few eyesbrows, and then she went on down alone.
(Lead Riff)

Well, I pulled into Natchez, the next day down the river.
But, there wasn't much there to make a rounder stay very long.
When I left it was raining, so nobody saw me cry.
Big River, why is she doing me this way.
(Lead Riff)

SOLO

Now won't you batter down by Baton Rouge, River Queen, roll it on.
Take that woman on down to New Orleans, New Orleans.
Go on I've had enough, dump my blues down the gulf.
She loves you Big River more than me.
(Lead Riff)

Now, I've taught the weeping willow how to cry, cry, cry.
And I showed the clouds how to cover up a clear, blue sku.
And the tears that I cried for that woman, are gonna flood you, Big River.
And I'm gonna sit right here until I die.
(Lead Riff)

OUTRO 1:

A--3-3-3-1-------------------3-3-3-1-------------------------------------------|
E------------3b1-4-44-4-1------------3b1-4-4-4-1----4-4-4-4----4-4-4-1|

OUTRO 2:

D---------------------------------------------------------------------------------3-1------------|
A--3-3-3-1--------------------3-3-3-1----------------------------------------------3-1------|
E-------------3b1-4-44-4-1------------3b1-44-44-4-1----44-44-4-1---------------3b1|

Various recordings have one of these outros, as well as either bend notes, or without bend notes.

Play the chords above, or use a capo on the first fret, playing the chords for E:

F    =  E
G    =  F#
C7  =  B7
Bb  =  A
G#  =  G