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Big River - The Highwaymen
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Tabbed by: Dave S.

Tuning: Standard

Album: Highwayman
Year: 1985


  Chord diagramE MajorE
I taught the weepin' willow how to cry, cry, cry.
                                          Chord diagramB7B7
And I showed the clouds how to cover up a clear blue sky.
        Chord diagramA augmentedA
And the tears that I cried for that woman are gonna flood you, big river.
    Chord diagramE MajorE
And I'm gonna sit right here until I die.
  Chord diagramE MajorE
I met her accidentally in St. Paul, Minnesota.
                                         Chord diagramB7B7
And it tore me up every time I heard her drawl, southern drawl.
      Chord diagramA augmentedA
And I heard my dream, Went back downstream, cavortin' in Davenport,
      Chord diagramE MajorE
And I followed you, big river, when she called.


Break:

Chord diagramA augmentedA
Chord diagramE MajorE


    Chord diagramE MajorE
Oh, she took me to St. Louie later on, down the river.
                                            Chord diagramB7B7
Freighter said, "She's been here, but she's gone, boy, she's gone."
      Chord diagramA augmentedA
And I found her trail in Memphis, but she just walked up the club.
             Chord diagramE MajorE
Raised a few eyebrows and went on down alone.
        Chord diagramE MajorE
Well, I pulled into Natches next day down river,
                                                 Chord diagramB7B7
But there wasn't much there to make the rounders stay very long.
       Chord diagramA augmentedA
When I left it was rainin' so nobody saw me cry.
    Chord diagramE MajorE
Big river, why she doin' me this way?


Break:

Chord diagramA augmentedA
Chord diagramE MajorE


               Chord diagramE MajorE
Now, won't you batter down by Baton Rouge, River Queen, roll it on.
                                 Chord diagramB7B7
Take that woman on down to New Orleans, New Orleans.
       Chord diagramA augmentedA
Go on, I've had enough, dump my blues down in the gulf.
    Chord diagramE MajorE
She loves you, big river, more than me.


  Chord diagramE MajorE
I taught the weepin' willow how to cry, cry, cry.
                                          Chord diagramB7B7
And I showed the clouds how to cover up a clear blue sky.
        Chord diagramA augmentedA
And the tears that I cried for that woman are gonna flood you, big river.
    Chord diagramE MajorE

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