{"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":698970,"song":"Big River","artist":"Johnny Cash","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/698970-big-river-chords-by-johnny-cash/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/698970?type=chord","rating":4.92409,"votes":897,"content":"Capo 1st fret to match Cash's recording.\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n\r\n[tab]e|----------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nB|----------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nG|----------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nD|----------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nA|---2-2-2------5--5--5--------2-2-2-2-----5--5--5----------------|\r\nE|---------2-0--3--3--3-0-------------2-0--3--3--3-0--------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nNow I taught the weeping willow how to cry,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                           [ch]F#[/ch]        [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nAnd I showed the clouds how to cover up a clear blue sky.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]                                           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd the tears that I cried for that woman are gonna flood you Big River.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]                   [ch]B7[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThen I'm gonna sit right here until I die[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI met her accidentally in St. Paul (Minnesota).[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                          [ch]F#[/ch]              [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nAnd it tore me up every time I heard her drawl, southern drawl.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]                                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThen I heard my dream was back downstream cavortin' in Davenport,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E[/ch]                [ch]B7[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd I followed you, Big River, when you called.[/tab]\r\n\r\n(Instrumental)\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThen you took me to St. Louis later on (down the river).[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                            [ch]F#[/ch]               [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nA freighter said she's been here but she's gone, boy, she's gone.[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]E[/ch]                                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI found her trail in Memphis, but she just walked up the bluff.[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]E[/ch]                         [ch]B7[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nShe raised a few eyebrows and then she went on down alone.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nNow, won't you batter down by Baton Rouge, River Queen, roll it on.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]F#[/ch]           [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nTake that woman on down to New Orleans, New Orleans.[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]E[/ch]                             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nGo on, I've had enough, dump my blues down in the gulf.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                  [ch]B7[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nShe loves you, Big River, more than me.[/tab]\r\n\r\n(Instrumental)\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nNow I taught the weeping willow how to cry, cry, cry,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                           [ch]F#[/ch]        [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nAnd I showed the clouds how to cover up a clear blue sky.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]                                           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd the tears that I cried for that woman are gonna flood you Big River.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]                   [ch]B7[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nThen I'm gonna sit right here until I die.[/tab]","plain_text":"Capo 1st fret to match Cash's recording.\n\n\n[Intro]\n\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n(Instrumental)\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n(Instrumental)\n\n[Verse 5]","chords":["B","G","D","A","E","F#","B7","E7"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,3,0,4],"frets":[-1,2,1,2,0,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"E7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,0,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,1,0,0]}}}