The Grateful Dead - Big River

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★ chorus ★
I taught that weeping willow how to cry cry cry
Taught the clouds how to cover up a clear blue sky
Tears i cried for that woman are gonna flood you, big river
And i'm gonna sit right here until i die

★ verse 1 ★
I met her accidentally in st. paul, minnesota
She tore me up every time i heard her drawl, that southern drawl
Well, i heard my dream went back downstream, cavorting in davenport
And i follow you big river when you called

★ chorus ★
Taught that weeping willow how to cry cry cry
Taught the clouds how to cover up a clear blue sky
Tears i cried for that woman are gonna flood you, big river
And i’m gonna sit right herе until i die

★ instrumental break ★

★ verse 2 ★
I followed her down to st. louiе, later on down the river
Trader said she's been here, but she's gone, boy, she’s gone
Then i followed her down to memphis
But she just walked off the bus
She raised a few eyebrows when she went on down alone

★ chorus ★
Taught that weeping willow how to cry cry cry
Taught the clouds how to cover up a clear blue sky
Tears i cried for that woman are gonna flood you, big river
And i'm gonna sit right here until i die

★ instrumental break ★

★ verse 3 ★
I've gotten on down to baton rouge, river queen roll on
Take that woman down to new orleans, new orleans
I give up 'cause i've had enough
Followed my blues on down to the gulf
She loves you big river more than me

★ chorus ★
Taught that weeping willow how to cry cry cry
Taught the clouds how to cover up a clear blue sky
Tears i cried for that woman are gonna flood you, big river
And i'ma gonna sit right here until i die

★ instrumental break ★

★ chorus ★
Well, i taught that weeping willow how to cry cry cry
Taught the clouds how to cover up a clear blue sky
Tears i cried for that woman are gonna flood you, big river
And i'ma gonna sit right here until i die

★ outro ★
And i'ma gonna sit right here until i die
And i’ma gonna sit right here until i die

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Amidst the growing counter-culture scene in the San Francisco Bay Area, The Grateful Dead were founded by lead guitarist/vocalist Jerry Garcia, bass player Phil Lesh, rhythm guitarist Bob Weir, keyboardist Ron “Pigpen” McKernan, and drummer Bill Kreutzmann in Palo Alto in 1965, originally as The Warlocks. Percussionist Mickey Hart later joined the group in 1967 and other members cycled through the group in following years as the core remained intact. Their eclectic music formed the archetype for the “Jam Band” genre, combining elements from rock, blues, folk, country, bluegrass, and psychedelic music into improvisational performances.

Over the years the Dead released 22 recorded albums, although they were most famous for their improvisational jams at concerts, earning them a cult-like following of self-proclaimed “Dead Heads” who would follow the band from concert-to-concert throughout the band’s career.

The band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994 and they’ve sold more than 40 million albums in total; all that with only one top 40 hit (“Truckin”), and one Top 10 hit (“Touch of Grey”) that came near the end of the band’s run, shortly before Jerry Garcia’s death in 1995. Grateful Dead was also ranked 57th in Rolling Stone’s “The Greatest Artists of All Time” issue in 2004 and 2005. Since then, various incarnations of the Dead have continued to tour, although a 2015 farewell tour was said to be the band’s last.

In 2015 Bob Weir, Mickey Hart, and Bill Kreutzmann started a new group called Dead and Company with John Mayer, Allman Brothers bassist Oteil Burbridge, and former Dead keyboardist Jeff Chimenti which Weir has said may have a future in the studio and will continue to tour in coming years.

In 2008, The Grateful Dead named the University of California, Santa Cruz McHenry Library as the home of their complete archival history, including their recorded music, live bootlegs, and artworks. The collections are are now housed at UC Santa Cruz.