Big River chords by Grateful Dead

Chords with lyrics

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

Difficulty: Novice

Verse:
  E MajorE
Now I taught the weeping willow how to cry,
                      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:
  E MajorE
I met her accidentally in St. Paul (Minnesota).
                     F#F#       B7B7
And it tore me up every 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.

      E MajorE
Then you took me to St. Louis later on (down the river).
                      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 block.
        E MajorE             B7B7     E MajorE
She raised a few eyebrows and then she went on down alone.

Verse:
       E MajorE
Now, won't you batter down by Baton Rouge, River Queen, roll it on.
               F#F#       B7B7
Take that woman on down to New Orleans, New Orleans.
  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.

   E MajorE
Now I taught the weeping willow how to cry,
                      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 E7E7
Then I'm gonna sit right here until I die