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.