Big River chords by Johnny Cash

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Big River
Johnny Cash

Intro:
         E MajorE    G+G  G+G  E MajorE        E MajorE    G+G  G+G  E MajorE
e|--------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|-0--|
BB|--------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|-0--|
G+G|--------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|-1--|
D MajorD|--------------|-----2---0---0-|-2-------------|-----2---0---0--|-2--|
A augmentedA|---2-2-2p0----|-----2---2---2-|-2---2-2-2p0---|-----2---2---2--|-2--|
E MajorE|-----------3--|-0-------3---3-|-0-----------3-|-0-------3---3--|-0--|


Verse 1:
   E MajorE                E MajorE
Now I taught the weeping willow how to cry,
   E MajorE                  F#F#     B7B7
And I showed the clouds how to cover up a clear blue sky.
    E MajorE                      A augmentedA
And the tears that I cried for that woman, are gonna flood you Big River.
   E MajorE          B7B7      E MajorE
Then I'm gonna sit right here until I die.

Verse 2:
 E MajorE              E MajorE     E MajorE
I met her accidentally in St. Paul, Minnesota.
    E MajorE                 F#F#       B7B7
And it tore me up ev'ry time I heard her drawl, Southern drawl.
    E MajorE                   A augmentedA
Then I heard my dream was back downstream, cavortin' in Davenport.
  E MajorE          B7B7       E MajorE
And I followed you, Big River, when you called.


Instrumental:
         E MajorE    G+G  G+G  E MajorE        E MajorE    G+G  G+G  E MajorE
e|--------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|----|
BB|--------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|----|
G+G|--------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|-1--|
D MajorD|--------------|-----2---0---0-|-2-------------|-----2---0---0--|-2--|
A augmentedA|---2-2-2p0----|-----2---2---2-|-2---2-2-2p0---|-----2---2---2--|-2--|
E MajorE|-----------3--|-0-------3---3-|-0-----------3-|-0-------3---3--|-0--|

         A augmentedA  A augmentedA    A augmentedA          E MajorE    G+G  G+G  E MajorE
e|--------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|-0--|
BB|--------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|-0--|
G+G|--------------|-----2-------2-|---------------|----------------|-1--|
D MajorD|---2-2-2p0----|-----2-------2-|---------------|-----2---0---0--|-2--|
A augmentedA|-----------2--|-0-------0-----|-0---2-2-2p0---|-----2---2---2--|-2--|
E MajorE|--------------|---------------|-------------3-|-0-------3---3--|-0--|

         B7B7    B7B7   B7B7       E MajorE    G+G  G+G  E MajorE
e|--------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|-0--|
BB|--------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|-0--|
G+G|--------------|-----2-------2-|---------------|----------------|-1--|
D MajorD|--------------|-----1-------1-|---------------|-----2---0---0--|-2--|
A augmentedA|---2-2-2p0-1--|-2-------------|-2---2-2-2p0---|-----2---2---2--|-2--|
E MajorE|--------------|---------2-----|-------------3-|-0-------3---3--|-0--|

Verse 3:
     E MajorE       E MajorE      E MajorE      E MajorE
Then you took me to St. Louis later on (down the river).
 E MajorE                    F#F#        B7B7
A augmentedA freighter said she's been here but she's gone, boy, she's gone.
 E MajorE                  A augmentedA
I found her trail in Memphis, but she just walked up the bluff.
  E MajorE                 B7B7      E MajorE
She raised a few eyebrows and then she went on down alone.


Verse 4:
        E MajorE          E MajorE      E MajorE       E MajorE
Now, won't you batter down by Baton Rouge, River Queen, roll it on.
E MajorE               F#F#       B7B7
Take that woman on down to New Orleans, New Orleans.
  E MajorE       E MajorE       A augmentedA
Go on, I've had enough; dump my blues down in the gulf.
E MajorE         B7B7        E MajorE
She loves you, Big River, more than me.


Instrumental:
         E MajorE    G+G  G+G  E MajorE        E MajorE    G+G  G+G  E MajorE
e|--------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|----|
BB|--------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|----|
G+G|--------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|-1--|
D MajorD|--------------|-----2---0---0-|-2-------------|-----2---0---0--|-2--|
A augmentedA|---2-2-2p0----|-----2---2---2-|-2---2-2-2p0---|-----2---2---2--|-2--|
E MajorE|-----------3--|-0-------3---3-|-0-----------3-|-0-------3---3--|-0--|
  1 2 & 3 & 4  1 & 2 & 3 & 4  1 & 2 & 3 & 4  1 & 2 & 3 & 4  1

         A augmentedA  A augmentedA    A augmentedA          E MajorE    G+G  G+G  E MajorE
e|--------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|-0--|
BB|--------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|-0--|
G+G|--------------|-----2-------2-|---------------|----------------|-1--|
D MajorD|---2-2-2p0----|-----2-------2-|---------------|-----2---0---0--|-2--|
A augmentedA|-----------2--|-0-------0-----|-0---2-2-2p0---|-----2---2---2--|-2--|
E MajorE|--------------|---------------|-------------3-|-0-------3---3--|-0--|
  1 2 & 3 & 4  1 & 2 & 3 & 4  1 & 2 & 3 & 4  1 & 2 & 3 & 4  1

         B7B7    B7B7   B7B7       E MajorE    G+G  G+G  E MajorE
e|--------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|-0--|
BB|--------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|-0--|
G+G|--------------|-----2-------2-|---------------|----------------|-1--|
D MajorD|--------------|-----1-------1-|---------------|-----2---0---0--|-2--|
A augmentedA|---2-2-2p0-1--|-2-------------|-2---2-2-2p0---|-----2---2---2--|-2--|
E MajorE|--------------|---------2-----|-------------3-|-0-------3---3--|-0--|
  1 2 & 3 & 4  1 & 2 & 3 & 4  1 & 2 & 3 & 4  1 & 2 & 3 & 4  1


Verse 5:
   E MajorE         E MajorE       E MajorE
Now I taught the weeping willow how to cry, cry, cry...
   E MajorE            E MajorE     F#F#     B7B7
And I showed the clouds how to cover up a clear blue sky.
    E MajorE              E MajorE        A augmentedA
And the tears that I cried for that woman, are gonna flood you Big River.
   E MajorE          B7B7      E MajorE
Then I'm gonna sit right here until I die.


Outro:
G+G G MajorG G+G E MajorE  G+G G MajorG G+G E MajorE


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