Big River chords by The Highwaymen

Big River - The Highwaymen
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Tabbed by: Dave S.
Email: prime-prine@hotmail.com

Tuning: Standard

Artist: The Highwaymen
Album: Highwayman
Year: 1985

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I taught the weepin' willow how to cry, cry, cry.
                     B7
And I showed the clouds how to cover up a clear blue sky.
    A
And the tears that I cried for that woman are gonna flood you, big river.
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And I'm gonna sit right here until I die.


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I met her accidentally in St. Paul, Minnesota.
                     B7
And it tore me up every time I heard her drawl, southern drawl.
   A
And I heard my dream, Went back downstream, cavortin' in Davenport,
   E
And I followed you, big river, when she called.



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  E
Oh, she took me to St. Louie later on, down the river.
                      B7
Freighter said, "She's been here, but she's gone, boy, she's gone."
   A
And I found her trail in Memphis, but she just walked up the club.
       E
Raised a few eyebrows and went on down alone.



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Well, I pulled into Natches next day down river,
                         B7
But there wasn't much there to make the rounders stay very long.
    A
When I left it was rainin' so nobody saw me cry.
  E
Big river, why she doin' me this way?



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Now, won't you batter down by Baton Rouge, River Queen, roll it on.
                 B7
Take that woman on down to New Orleans, New Orleans.
    A
Go on, I've had enough, dump my blues down in the gulf.
  E
She loves you, big river, more than me.



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I taught the weepin' willow how to cry, cry, cry.
                     B7
And I showed the clouds how to cover up a clear blue sky.
    A
And the tears that I cried for that woman are gonna flood you, big river.
  E