Big River - Johnny Cash [Intro] A|---2-2-2-------5--5--5--------2-2-2-2--------5--5--5-----------------| E|-----------2-0--3--3--3-0----------------2-0--3--3--3-0--------------| [Verse 1] Now I [G] taught the weeping willow how to cry, And I showed the clouds how to cover up a [A] Clear blue [D] sky. And the [G] tears that I cried for that woman are gonna [C] flood you Big River. Then [G] I'm gonna sit right [D] here until I [G] die [Verse 2] I [G] met her accidentally in St. Paul (Minnesota). And it tore me up every time I heard her [A] drawl, southern [D] drawl. Then I [G] heard my dream was back downstream ca[C]vortin' in Davenport, And I [G] followed you, Big [D] River, when you [G] called. Instrumental: G G G G C C G G D D G G [Verse 3] Then you [G] took me to St. Louis later on (down the river). A freighter said she's been here but she's [A] gone, boy, she's [D] gone. I [G] found her trail in Memphis, but she [C] just walked up the bluff. She raised a [G] few eyebrows and then she [D] went on down [G] alone. [Verse 4] Now, won't you [G] batter down by Baton Rouge, River Queen, roll it on. Take that woman on down to New Or[A]leans, New [D] Orleans. Go [G] on, I've had enough, dump my [C] blues down in the gulf. [G] She loves you, Big [D] River, more than [G] me. Instrumental: G G G G C C G G D D G G [Verse 5] Now I [G] taught the weeping willow how to cry, cry, cry, And I showed the clouds how to cover up a [A] clear blue [D] sky. And the [G] tears that I cried for that woman are gonna [C] flood you Big River. Then [G] I'm gonna sit right [D] here until I [G] die.