Chords
[Intro]
E5 G5 E G5
E
[Verse 1]
Now I Etaught the weeping willow how to cry, G5
E And I showed the clouds how to cover up a clearF# blue sky. B7
And the tearsE that I cried for that woman are gonnaA flood you Big River.
Then I'mE gonna sit right B7here until I die. E5 G5
[Verse 2]
E I Emet her accidentally in St. Paul,G5 MinneEsota.
And it tore me up every time I heard her drawl,F# Southern drawl. B7
Then I Eheard my dream went back Downstream caAvortin' in Davenport,
And I Efollowed you, Big B7River, when you called. E5 G5
E Oh, guitar
[Interlude]
E G5 E G5 E
A E5 G5 E B7
E G5
[Verse 3]
E Then youE took me to St. Louis later on,G5 down the Eriver.
A freighter said she's been here but she's gone,F# boy, she's gone. B7
I foundE her trail in Memphis, but she Ajust walked up the bluff.
She raised a Efew eyebrows and then she B7went on down alone. E5 G5
[Verse 4]
E Now, won't you Ebat it down by Baton Rouge, River Queen,G5 roll it Eon.
Take that woman on down to New Orleans,F# New Orleans. B7
Go on,E I've had enough; dump my Ablues down in the gulf.
EShe loves you, Big B7River, more than me. E5 G5
E Ah, yeah!
[Interlude]
E G5 E G5 E
A E5 G5 E B7
E G5
[Verse 5]
E Now I Etaught the weeping willow how to cry,G5 cry, cry E
And I showed the clouds how to cover up a clearF# blue sky. B7
And the tearsE that I cried for that woman are gonnaA flood you Big River.
Then I'mE gonna sit right B7here until I die. E5 G5 E
[Outro]
E5 G5 E5 G5 E
