Mother Big River Chords
Mother Big River by Jessica Pratt is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, Gmaj7, F, G, Gadd9 and G6. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: D Gmaj7 D Gmaj7 D
verse 1
Gmaj7 D
She has followed you from
Gmaj7 D Gmaj7
Where dark water and fortune runs
D Gmaj7
When your sails come back together
D Gmaj7 D Gmaj7 D
She will follow you wherever you go
Pre-Chorus
F G
But still, rivers run
F G
And running water runs so slow
F G
Had a picture of my mother
F G Gadd9
But even mother doesn't know
D Gmaj7
Where big rivers flow
D Gmaj7 D G6 Gmaj7 D Gmaj7 D
And someday I'd like to know
verse 2
Gmaj7 D
He has followed you down
Gmaj7 D
'Neath starlight in bitter towns
Gmaj7
Hard weeds cling to roads that
D Gmaj7 D Gmaj7 D
You ride on your way back home
Pre-Chorus
F G
But still, rivers run
F G
And running water runs so slow
F G
Had a picture of my father
F G Gadd9
But even father doesn't know
D Gmaj7
Where big rivers flow
D Gmaj7 D Gmaj7 D Gmaj7 D
And someday I'd like to know