Big River Big Man chords by Claude King

Chords with lyrics

Big River Big Man:Claude King.
82 on BB
Hot 100 on COLUMBIA Records in 1961.

INTRO: Eb MajorEb

#1.
Eb MajorEb
Way down on Mississippi, big river, came a
      Bb majorBb
mighty big man.
Bb majorBb
He built a town on that river and owned
          Eb MajorEb
everything in that land.
Eb MajorEb
He fell in love and married a girl, she was
          Bb majorBb
young and mean, and wild.
Bb majorBb
He vowed he'd tame her but it couldn't been done,
               Eb MajorEb
she was truly the Devil's own child.

CHORUS:
  Bb majorBb
Big river (keep on flowin', flowin.')
  Eb MajorEb
Big man (keep on growing, growing.)
  Bb majorBb
Big river (keep on flowin', flowin.')
  Eb MajorEb
Big man (keep on growing, growing.)


BRIDGE:
     AbAb        Eb MajorEb
Well, the love you have for greed and power will
Bb majorBb       Eb MajorEb
surely pull you down.
  AbAb           Eb MajorEb
You lose your friends, you lose your soul, in the
Bb majorBb             Eb MajorEb
empire city, the big man's town.


CHORUS:
  Bb majorBb
Big river (keep on flowin', flowin.')
  Eb MajorEb
Big man (keep on growing, growing.)
  Bb majorBb
Big river (keep on flowin', flowin.')
  Eb MajorEb
Big man (keep on growing, growing.)

#2.
Eb MajorEb
Look down in the water all around you, hear the
         Bb majorBb
steamboat whistle blow.
Bb majorBb
Come on big man, get moving, you got a long way
  Eb MajorEb
to go.
Eb MajorEb
Just like the big river, big man, you gotta move
    Bb majorBb
on and on.
Bb majorBb
Take your money, keep your gold, you're gonna be
     Eb MajorEb
left all alone.


CHORUS:
  Bb majorBb
Big river (keep on flowin', flowin.')
  Eb MajorEb
Big man (keep on growing, growing.)
  Bb majorBb
Big river (keep on flowin', flowin.')
  Eb MajorEb
Big man (keep on growing, growing.)


BRIDGE:
     AbAb        Eb MajorEb
Well, the love you have for greed and power will
Bb majorBb       Eb MajorEb
surely pull you down.
  AbAb           Eb MajorEb
You lose your friends, you lose your soul, in the
Bb majorBb             Eb MajorEb
empire city, the big man's town.


CHORUS:
  Bb majorBb
Big river (keep on flowin', flowin.')
  Eb MajorEb
Big man (keep on growing, growing.)
  Bb majorBb
Big river (keep on flowin', flowin.')
  Eb MajorEb
Big man (keep on growing, growing.)


OUTRO:
  Bb majorBb
Big river (keep on flowin', flowin.')..(Fade.)


A augmentedA sixties smash from Kraziekhat.