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Version 1 Version 2 Version 3 Version 4 Version 5Capo 1st fret to match Cash's recording. You can play this intro in between verses if you like. [Intro] e|----------------------------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------------------------| G|----------------------------------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------------------------------| A|---2-2-2------5--5--5--------2-2-2-2-----5--5--5----------------| E|---------2-0--3--3--3-0-------------2-0--3--3--3-0--------------| [Verse 1] E Now I taught the weeping willow how to cry, F# B7 And I showed the clouds how to cover up a clear blue sky. E A And the tears that I cried for that woman are gonna flood you Big River. E B7 E Then I'm gonna sit right here until I die [Instrumental] E I met her accidentally in St. Paul (Minnesota). F# B7 And it tore me up every time I heard her drawl, Southern drawl. E A Then I heard my dream was back Downstream cavortin' in Davenport, E B7 E And I followed you, Big River, when you called. E Then you took me to St. Louis later on (down the river). F# B7 A freighter said she's been here but she's gone, boy, she's gone. E A I found her trail in Memphis, but she just walked up the block. E B7 E She raised a few eyebrows and then she went on down alone. [Instrumental] E Now, won't you batter down by Baton Rouge, River Queen, roll it on. F# B7 Take that woman on down to New Orleans, New Orleans. E A Go on, I've had enough, dump my blues down in the gulf. E B7 E She loves you, Big River, more than me. E Now I taught the weeping willow how to cry, F# B7 And I showed the clouds how to cover up a clear blue sky. E A And the tears that I cried for that woman are gonna flood you Big River. E B7 E E7 Then I'm gonna sit right here until I die