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Big Bad John by Jimmy Dean
Big Bad John
Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:no capo
F G
(Big John)
F G
(Big John)
(Mmmmmm)
G F
Every moning at the mine you could see him arrive
G F
He stood six foot six and weighed 245
G F
Kinda broad at the shoulder and narrow at the hip
G F G
And everybody knew you didn't give no lip to Big John.
Em C D G
(Big John, Big Jo----ohn), Big Bad John.
(Mmmmm)
F G
(Big John)
F
(MMm)
G F
Nobody seemed to know where John called home
G F
He just drifted into town and stayed all alone
G F
Didn't say much a-kinda quiet and shy
G F
And if you spoke at all you just said high to Big John
G F
(Mmmmm) (Mmmm)
G F
Somebody said he came down from New Orleans
G F
Where he got in a fight over a Cajun Queen
G F
And a crashin blow from a huge right hand
G F
Sent a Louisiana fellow to the Promised Land Big John
(Chorus)
Em C D G
(Big John, Big Jo----ohn), Big Bad John.
(Mmmmm)
F G
(Big John)
F
(MMm)
G F
Then came one day at the bottom of the mine
G F
When a timber cracked and the men started crying
G F
Miners were paraying and their hearts beat fast
G F
And everybody thought they'd breathed their last 'cept
G F
John (Mmmmm)
G F
Through the dust and the smoke of this man made Hell
G F
Walked a giant of a man that the miners knew well
G F
Grabbed a sagging timber and gave out with a groan
G F G
And like a giant oak tree just stood there alone Big John
Em C D G
(Big John, Big Jo----ohn), Big Bad John.
(Mmmmm)
G G#
(Big John)
F#
(MMm)
G# F#
With all of his strength he gave a mighty shove
G# F#
Then a miner yelled out "There's a light up above
G# F#
And 20 men scrambled from w would be grave
G# F#
Now there's only one left down there to save Big
G# F#
John (Mmmm)
G# F#
With jacks and timbers they started back down
G# F#
Then came that rumble way down in the ground
G# F#
And smoke and gas belched from outta that mine
G# F# G#
Everybody knew it was the end of the line for Big John
Fm C# D# G#
(Big John, Big Jo----ohn), Big Bad John.
(Mmmmm)
F# G#
(Big John)
F#
(Mmm)
G# F#
Now they never re-opened that worthless pit
G# F#
They just placed a marble stand in front of it
G# F#
These few lines are written on that stand
G#----Short
(mmm)
"At the bottom of this mine, lies a Big, Big man.--BIG JOHN".
Fm C# D#--Short G#
(Big John, Big Jo----ohn), Big Bad John.
(Mmmmm)
F# G#
(Big John)
F# G#
Big John
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