Big River

Accordi Big River

Intro:
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Now I taught the weeping willow how to cry,
 
And I showed the clouds how 
              
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to cover up a clear blue sky
        
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And the tears that I cried for 
                     
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that woman are gonna flood you Big River
         
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Then I'm gonna sit right here until I die
                           
I met her accidentally in St. Paul (Minnesota)
                     
And it tore me up every time 
            
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I heard her drawl, Southern drawl
       
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Then I heard my dream was back 
           
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Downstream cavortin' in Davenport,
      
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And I followed you, Big River, when you called

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Then you took me to St. Louis 

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A freighter said she's been here 
          
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but she's gone, boy, she's gone
  
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I found her trail in Memphis, 
        
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but she just walked up the block
             
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She raised a few eyebrows 
             
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and then she went on down alone

Well, I pulled into Natchez, 
         
next day down the river
              
But there wasn't much there 
                     
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to make the rounders stay very long
     
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When I left it was rainin' so nobody saw me cry
    
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Big river, why she doin' me this way?

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Now won't you batter down by Baton Rouge, 

River Queen, roll it on
                                 
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Take that woman on down to New Orleans, New Orleans
   
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Go on, I've had enough 
        
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dump my blues down in the gulf
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She loves you, big river, more than me

I taught the weepin' willow how to cry, cry, cry
                
And I showed the clouds how 
              
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to cover up a clear blue sky
        
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And the tears I cried for that woman, 
          
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are gonna flood you, big river
    
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And I'm gonna sit right here until I die