Verse : 1
E
Well I taught the weeping willow
how to cry, And I showed the
clouds how to cover
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up a clear blue sky
E
But the tears that I cried
For that women are gonna
A
Flood you Big River and
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I'm gonna sit right here
E
untill I die
Verse : 2
E
I met her accidentally in
St. Paul Minnasota , And it
tore me up every time I
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heard her drawl, southern drawl
E
Then I heard my dream was
A
back down stream cavortin in
E
Davenport , and I followed you
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Big River, when you called
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Verse : 3
E
Then you took me to St. Louis
later on down the river , a
freighter said shes been here
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but shes gone , boy shes gone
E
I found her trail in Memphis
A
but she just walked up the block
E
she raised a few eyebrows and
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then she went on down alone
Now wont you batter down by
Batton Rouge , river queen rolling
on, Take that women on down
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to New Orleans, New Orleans
E
Go on I' ve had enough dump
A
my blues down in the gulf
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cause she loves you Big River
E
More then me.
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