D
Now I taught the weeping willow how to cry
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and I showed the clouds how to cover up a clear blue sky
        D                                               G
And the tears that I cried for that woman they're gonna flood you Big River
     D                   A            D
Then I'm gonna sit right here until I die

[Verse]
  D
I met her accidentally in St. Paul, Minnesota
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And it tore me up every time I heard her drawl, Southern drawl
       D                                      G
Then I heard my dream was back downstream cav ortin' in Davenport
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And I followed you, Big River, when you called
         D                          G
Then you took me to St. Louis later on down the river
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A freighter said she's been here but she's gone, said boy, she's gone
        D                                   G
Well, I found her trail in Memphis, but she just walked up the block
             D                         A              D
She raised a few eyebrows and then she went on down a lone

[Verse]
               D                                 G
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 Or leans, New Or leans
   G                           D
Go on, Ive had enough; dump my blues down in the gulf
                   A                D
She loves you, Big River, more than me

[Chorus]
      D
Now I taught the weeping willow how to cry
                               D7         E7         A7
and I showed the clouds how to cover up a clear blue sky
        D                                               G
And the tears that I cried for that woman they're gonna flood you Big River
     D                   A            D
Then I'm gonna sit right here until I die
      D                   A            D
Yeah, I'm gonna sit right here until I die