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Big River - The Highwaymen ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: Dave S. Tuning: Standard Album: Highwayman Year: 1985 E MajorE I taught the weepin' willow how to cry, cry, cry. B7B7 And I showed the clouds how to cover up a clear blue sky. A augmentedA And the tears that I cried for that woman are gonna flood you, big river. E MajorE And I'm gonna sit right here until I die.
E MajorE I met her accidentally in St. Paul, Minnesota. B7B7 And it tore me up every time I heard her drawl, southern drawl. A augmentedA And I heard my dream, Went back downstream, cavortin' in Davenport, E MajorE And I followed you, big river, when she called. Break: A augmentedA E MajorE E MajorE Oh, she took me to St. Louie later on, down the river. B7B7 Freighter said, "She's been here, but she's gone, boy, she's gone." A augmentedA And I found her trail in Memphis, but she just walked up the club. E MajorE Raised a few eyebrows and went on down alone.
E MajorE Well, I pulled into Natches next day down river, B7B7 But there wasn't much there to make the rounders stay very long. A augmentedA When I left it was rainin' so nobody saw me cry. E MajorE Big river, why she doin' me this way? Break: A augmentedA E MajorE E MajorE Now, won't you batter down by Baton Rouge, River Queen, roll it on. B7B7 Take that woman on down to New Orleans, New Orleans. A augmentedA Go on, I've had enough, dump my blues down in the gulf. E MajorE She loves you, big river, more than me. E MajorE I taught the weepin' willow how to cry, cry, cry. B7B7 And I showed the clouds how to cover up a clear blue sky. A augmentedA And the tears that I cried for that woman are gonna flood you, big river. E MajorE
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