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Claude King

Big River Big Man

by Claude King
Claude King

Biography:

Claude King (born 5 February 1923, Keithville, Louisiana, near the city of Shreveport) is an American country music singer and songwriter.


[edit] Career
At a young age, he was interested in music but his primary interest was athletics. He purchased a guitar at the age of 12 and although he learned to play it, most of his time was devoted to sport. This eventually resulted in being offered a baseball scholarship to the University of Idaho at Moscow.

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Big River Big Man:Claude King.
#7 BB Hot Country and #82 on BB
Hot 100 on COLUMBIA Records in 1961.

INTRO: Eb

#1.
Eb
Way down on Mississippi, big river, came a
Bb
mighty big man.
Bb
He built a town on that river and owned
Eb
everything in that land.
Eb
He fell in love and married a girl, she was
Bb
young and mean, and wild.
Bb
He vowed he'd tame her but it couldn't been done,
Eb
she was truly the Devil's own child.


CHORUS:
Bb
Big river (keep on flowin', flowin.')
Eb
Big man (keep on growing, growing.)
Bb
Big river (keep on flowin', flowin.')
Eb
Big man (keep on growing, growing.)


BRIDGE:
Ab Eb
Well, the love you have for greed and power will
Bb Eb
surely pull you down.
Ab Eb
You lose your friends, you lose your soul, in the
Bb Eb
empire city, the big man's town.


CHORUS:
Bb
Big river (keep on flowin', flowin.')
Eb
Big man (keep on growing, growing.)
Bb
Big river (keep on flowin', flowin.')
Eb
Big man (keep on growing, growing.)


#2.
Eb
Look down in the water all around you, hear the
Bb
steamboat whistle blow.
Bb
Come on big man, get moving, you got a long way
Eb
to go.
Eb
Just like the big river, big man, you gotta move
Bb
on and on.
Bb
Take your money, keep your gold, you're gonna be
Eb
left all alone.


CHORUS:
Bb
Big river (keep on flowin', flowin.')
Eb
Big man (keep on growing, growing.)
Bb
Big river (keep on flowin', flowin.')
Eb
Big man (keep on growing, growing.)


BRIDGE:
Ab Eb
Well, the love you have for greed and power will
Bb Eb
surely pull you down.
Ab Eb
You lose your friends, you lose your soul, in the
Bb Eb
empire city, the big man's town.


CHORUS:
Bb
Big river (keep on flowin', flowin.')
Eb
Big man (keep on growing, growing.)
Bb
Big river (keep on flowin', flowin.')
Eb
Big man (keep on growing, growing.)


OUTRO:
Bb
Big river (keep on flowin', flowin.')..(Fade.)



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