Capo 1st fret

Intro:

|     E     |     E     |     E     |     E     |

            E

Now, I taught a weeping willow how to cry,

                                                                     F#7        B7

and I showed the clouds how to cover up a clear blue sky.

                    E

And the tears     that I cried for that woman

               A

are gonna      flood you, Big River.

              E                           B7                 E

And I'm       gonna sit right here until I die.

  E

I met her accident'ly in St. Paul, Minnesota,

                                                                      F#7                           B7

and it tore me up ev'ry time I heard her drawl,         southern drawl.

           E                                                                    A

Then I heard my dream went back downstream, cavortin' in Davenport.

           E                          B7                                E

And I followed you, Big River, when you called.

Guitar Solo:

|     E     |     E     |     E     |     E     |

|     A    |     A     |     E     |     E     |

|   B7    |    B7    |     E     |     E     |

              E

Then you     took me to St. Louis later on, down the river.

                                                                 F#7                  B7

A freighter said she's been here, but she's gone, boy, she's gone.

  E                                                     A

I found her trail in Memphis, but she just walked up the bluff.

                    E                                  B7                                  E

She raised a few eyebrows and then she went on down alone.

                           E

Now, won't you batter down Baton Rouge? River Queen, roll it on.

                                                             F#7                 B7

Take that woman on down to New Orleans, New Orleans.

          E                                                 A

Go on,       I've had enough; dump my blues down in the gulf.

E                             B7                          E

She loves you, Big River, more then me.

Guitar Solo:

|     E     |     E     |     E     |     E     |

|     A    |     A     |     E     |     E     |

|   B7    |    B7    |     E     |     E     |

            E

Now, I taught a weeping willow how to cry,

                                                                     F#7        B7

and I showed the clouds how to cover up a clear blue sky.

                    E

And the tears     that I cried for that woman

               A

are gonna      flood you, Big River.

              E                           B7                 E

And I'm       gonna sit right here until I die.

Outro:

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