Big River
Johnny Cash
Now I Ftaught the weeping willow how to cry,
And I showed the clouds how to cover up a G7clear blue C7sky.
And the Ftears that I cried for that woman are gonna Bflood you Big River.
Then FI'm gonna sit right C7here until I Fdie
I Fmet her accidentally in St. Paul (Minnesota).
And it tore me up every time I heard her G7drawl, southern C7drawl.
Then I Fheard my dream was back downstream cavBortin' in Davenport,
And I Ffollowed you, Big C7River, when you Fcalled.
Then you Ftook me to St. Louis later on (down the river).
A freighter said she's been here but she's G7gone, boy, she's C7gone.
I Ffound her trail in Memphis, but she Bjust walked up the bluff.
She raised a Ffew eyebrows and then she C7went on down Falone.
Now, won't you Fbatter down by Baton Rouge, River Queen, roll it on.
Take that woman on down to New G7Orleans, New C7Orleans.
Go Fon, I've had enough, dump my Bblues down in the gulf.
FShe loves you, Big C7River, more than Fme.
Now I Ftaught the weeping willow how to cry, cry, cry,
And I showed the clouds how to cover up a G7clear blue C7sky.
And the Ftears that I cried for that woman are gonna Bflood you Big River.
Then FI'm gonna sit right C7here until I Fdie.F7