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