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Johnny Cash - Big River 1956 Version (Chord)
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Big river (1956 VERSION)
Intro:
D2-2-0----2--22-0----------------|  
A-------2-----------2-0-----------|     
E-----------------------2b-0------|                             
E                                          G E
Now I taught the weeping willow how to cry
                                                      B7                                          
And I showed the clouds how to cover up a clear blue sky
          E                                       A
And the tears that I shed for my baby are gonna flood you Big River
       E                   B7       E   G E   
And I don’t care if I sit Here and die 
 E                                                G E
Well I met her accidentally in St.Paul, Minnesota
                                                  B7
And it tore me up when I found she had a drawl Southern drawl
        E                                      A      
But I heard my dream was back downstream cavorting in Davenport
        E                      B7          E       
And I followed you Big River cause you called

SOLO: 
D22-0--2-22-0-----------2--2-2-2-2----------------2-2-2-2--2-4-2--2----2-222----------------|  
A-----2-------2-0-------2--4-4-4-4--4-3-2--4-3-2--4-4-4-4--4------4---4-------4-2-22-0-------|     
E----------------2b-0--0---------------------------------------------------------------2b-0--|                             
 E                                                    G E
Well you took me to St. Louis later on down the river
                                                           B7
A freighter said she's been here but she's gone boy she's gone
         E                                        A  
Well I found her trail in Memphis but she just walked up the block
      E                                 B7             E    G E                                   
She raised a few eyebrows and then she went on down alone 
 E                                                 G E
Now I rode in Natchez the next day down the river
                                                          B7 
But there wasn’t much there to makes around to stay very long
          E                        A     
She got moved in her blood got it off from you
 E                            B7       E       
Big river why you make that girl that way
SOLO:
D22-0--2-22-0-----------2--2-2-2-2----------------2-2-2-2--2-4-2--2----2-222----------------|  
A-----2-------2-0-------2--4-4-4-4--4-3-2--4-3-2--4-4-4-4--4------4---4-------4-2-22-0-------|     
E----------------2b-0--0---------------------------------------------------------------2b-0--|                             

E                                                            G E
Well now Batter Down by Baton Rouge River Queen let it down
                                                   B7
You got my baby take her on down New Orleans New Orleans
     E                                  A
Let her go I had enough dump my blues down the Gulf
 E                 B7           E   G  E
It’s you she love Big River anyway

E                                          GE
Now I taught the weeping willow how to cry
                                                      B7                                          
And I showed the clouds how to cover up a clear blue sky
          E                                       A
And the tears that I shed for my baby are gonna flood you Big River
       E                   B7       E   G E G E G E G E   
And I don’t care if I sit Here and die
 
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