{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1869239,"song":"Big River Big Man","artist":"Claude King","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11417908-big-river-big-man-chords-by-claude-king/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1869239?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"Big River Big Man:Claude King.\r\n#7 BB Hot Country and #82 on BB\r\nHot 100 on COLUMBIA Records in 1961.\r\n\r\nINTRO: [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\n\r\n#1.\r\n[tab][ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nWay down on Mississippi, big river, came a [/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nmighty big man.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nHe built a town on that river and owned [/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\neverything in that land.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nHe fell in love and married a girl, she was [/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nyoung and mean, and wild.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]  \r\nHe vowed he'd tame her but it couldn't been done,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nshe was truly the Devil's own child.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nCHORUS:\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nBig river (keep on flowin', flowin.')[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nBig man (keep on growing, growing.)[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nBig river (keep on flowin', flowin.')[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nBig man (keep on growing, growing.)[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nBRIDGE:\r\n[tab]          [ch]Ab[/ch]                [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nWell, the love you have for greed and power will [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]              [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nsurely pull you down.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Ab[/ch]                     [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nYou lose your friends, you lose your soul, in the [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                         [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nempire city, the big man's town.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nCHORUS:\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nBig river (keep on flowin', flowin.')[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nBig man (keep on growing, growing.)[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nBig river (keep on flowin', flowin.')[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nBig man (keep on growing, growing.)[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n#2.\r\n[tab][ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nLook down in the water all around you, hear the [/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nsteamboat whistle blow.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]             \r\nCome on big man, get moving, you got a long way [/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nto go.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nJust like the big river, big man, you gotta move [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\non and on.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nTake your money, keep your gold, you're gonna be [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nleft all alone.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nCHORUS:\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nBig river (keep on flowin', flowin.')[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nBig man (keep on growing, growing.)[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nBig river (keep on flowin', flowin.')[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nBig man (keep on growing, growing.)[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nBRIDGE:\r\n[tab]          [ch]Ab[/ch]                [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nWell, the love you have for greed and power will [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]              [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nsurely pull you down.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Ab[/ch]                     [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nYou lose your friends, you lose your soul, in the [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                         [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nempire city, the big man's town.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nCHORUS:\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nBig river (keep on flowin', flowin.')[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nBig man (keep on growing, growing.)[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nBig river (keep on flowin', flowin.')[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nBig man (keep on growing, growing.)[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nOUTRO:\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nBig river (keep on flowin', flowin.')..(Fade.)[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nA sixties smash from Kraziekhat.","plain_text":"Big River Big Man:Claude King.\n#7 BB Hot Country and #82 on BB\nHot 100 on COLUMBIA Records in 1961.\n\nINTRO: Eb\n\n#1.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBRIDGE:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n#2.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBRIDGE:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOUTRO:\n\n\n\n\nA sixties smash from Kraziekhat.","chords":["Eb","Bb","Ab","A"]}