{"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":870823,"song":"Big River","artist":"The Highwaymen","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/870823-big-river-chords-by-the-highwaymen/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/870823?type=chord","rating":4.82753,"votes":87,"content":"----------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n                         Big River - The Highwaymen\r\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\n\r\nTabbed by: Dave S.\r\nEmail: prime-prine@hotmail.com\r\n\r\nTuning: Standard\r\n\r\nArtist: The Highwaymen\r\nAlbum: Highwayman\r\nYear: 1985\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI taught the weepin' 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 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\nAnd I'm gonna sit right here until I die.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\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\nAnd I heard my dream went 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 she called.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nBreak:\r\n\r\n[ch]E[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\n[ch]E[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOh, she took me to St. Louis later on, down the river.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                             [ch]F#[/ch]              [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nFreighter said, \"She's been here, but she's gone, boy, she's gone.\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]                                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd I 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\nRaised a few eyebrows and went on down alone.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWell, I pulled into Natchez next day down the river,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                  [ch]F#[/ch]        [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nBut there wasn't much there to make the rounders stay very long.[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWhen I left it was rainin' so nobody saw me cry.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]B7[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBig river, why she doin' me this way?[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nBreak:\r\n\r\n[ch]E[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\n[ch]E[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\r\n\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\r\n[tab]  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI taught the weepin' 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 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\nAnd I'm gonna sit right here until I die.[/tab]","plain_text":"----------------------------------------------------------------------------\n                         Big River - The Highwaymen\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nTabbed by: Dave S.\nEmail: prime-prine@hotmail.com\n\nTuning: Standard\n\nArtist: The Highwaymen\nAlbum: Highwayman\nYear: 1985\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBreak:\n\nE    A\nE B7 E\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBreak:\n\nE    A\nE B7 E","chords":["E","F#","B7","A"],"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]}}}