[F](Big[G] John)
[F](Big[G] John)
(Mmmmmm)
[G]Every moning at the mine you could see [F]him arrive
He stood [G]six foot six and weighed 24[F]5
Kinda [G]broad at the shoulder and narrow at the [F]hip
And [G]everybody knew you didn't give no [F]lip to Big [G]John.
(Big[Em] John, Big[C] Jo----[D]ohn), Big Bad [G]John.
(Mmmmm)
([F]Big [G]John)
[F](MMm)
[G]Nobody seemed to know where John called[F] home
[G]He just drifted into town and stayed all alo[F]ne
[G]Didn't say much a-kinda quiet and [F]shy
[G]And if you spoke at all you just said high[F] to Big John
[G](Mmmmm) [F](Mmmm)
[G]Somebody said he came down from New Orleans[F]
[G]Where he got in a fight over a Cajun Quee[F]n
[G]And a crashin blow from a huge right [F]hand
[G]Sent a Louisiana fellow to the Promised Land[F] Big John
[CHORUS]
(Big [Em]John, Big [C]Jo----o[D]hn), Big Bad J[G]ohn.
(Mmmmm)
([F]Big [G]John)
[F](MMm)
Then [G]came one day at the bottom of the [F]mine
When a [G]timber cracked and the men started [F]crying
[G]Miners were paraying and their hearts beat [F]fast
And [G]everybody thought they'd breathed their [F]last 'cept
[G]John ([F]Mmmmm)
Through the [G]dust and the smoke of this man made [F]Hell
Walked a [G]giant of a man that the miners knew [F]well
Grabbed a [G]sagging timber and gave out with a [F]groan
And like a [G]giant oak tree just stood there a[F]lone Big [G]John
(Big [Em]John, Big [C]Jo----o[D]hn), Big Bad J[G]ohn.
(Mmmmm)
([G]Big [G#]John)
[F#](MMm)
With [G#]all of his strength he gave a mighty [F#]shove
Then a[G#] miner yelled out "There's a light up abo[F#]ve
And 2[G#]0 men scrambled from w would be[F#] grave
Now th[G#]ere's only one left down there to [F#]save Big
[G#]John ([F#]Mmmm)
With [G#]jacks and timbers they started back d[F#]own
Then [G#]came that rumble way down in the grou[F#]nd
And s[G#]moke and gas belched from outta that [F#]mine
Every[G#]body knew it was the end of the lin[F#]e for Big[G#] John
(Big [Fm]John, Big [C#]Jo----o[D#]hn), Big Bad J[G#]ohn.
(Mmmmm)
([F#]Big J[G#]ohn)
[F#](Mmm)
Now they [G#]never re-opened that worthless pit [F#]
Th[G#]ey just placed a marble stand in front of it [F#]
Th[G#]ese few lines are written on that stand [F#]
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#]Big J[G#]ohn)
[F#]Big J[G#]ohn
[F](Big[G] John)
(Mmmmmm)
[G]Every moning at the mine you could see [F]him arrive
He stood [G]six foot six and weighed 24[F]5
Kinda [G]broad at the shoulder and narrow at the [F]hip
And [G]everybody knew you didn't give no [F]lip to Big [G]John.
(Big[Em] John, Big[C] Jo----[D]ohn), Big Bad [G]John.
(Mmmmm)
([F]Big [G]John)
[F](MMm)
[G]Nobody seemed to know where John called[F] home
[G]He just drifted into town and stayed all alo[F]ne
[G]Didn't say much a-kinda quiet and [F]shy
[G]And if you spoke at all you just said high[F] to Big John
[G](Mmmmm) [F](Mmmm)
[G]Somebody said he came down from New Orleans[F]
[G]Where he got in a fight over a Cajun Quee[F]n
[G]And a crashin blow from a huge right [F]hand
[G]Sent a Louisiana fellow to the Promised Land[F] Big John
[CHORUS]
(Big [Em]John, Big [C]Jo----o[D]hn), Big Bad J[G]ohn.
(Mmmmm)
([F]Big [G]John)
[F](MMm)
Then [G]came one day at the bottom of the [F]mine
When a [G]timber cracked and the men started [F]crying
[G]Miners were paraying and their hearts beat [F]fast
And [G]everybody thought they'd breathed their [F]last 'cept
[G]John ([F]Mmmmm)
Through the [G]dust and the smoke of this man made [F]Hell
Walked a [G]giant of a man that the miners knew [F]well
Grabbed a [G]sagging timber and gave out with a [F]groan
And like a [G]giant oak tree just stood there a[F]lone Big [G]John
(Big [Em]John, Big [C]Jo----o[D]hn), Big Bad J[G]ohn.
(Mmmmm)
([G]Big [G#]John)
[F#](MMm)
With [G#]all of his strength he gave a mighty [F#]shove
Then a[G#] miner yelled out "There's a light up abo[F#]ve
And 2[G#]0 men scrambled from w would be[F#] grave
Now th[G#]ere's only one left down there to [F#]save Big
[G#]John ([F#]Mmmm)
With [G#]jacks and timbers they started back d[F#]own
Then [G#]came that rumble way down in the grou[F#]nd
And s[G#]moke and gas belched from outta that [F#]mine
Every[G#]body knew it was the end of the lin[F#]e for Big[G#] John
(Big [Fm]John, Big [C#]Jo----o[D#]hn), Big Bad J[G#]ohn.
(Mmmmm)
([F#]Big J[G#]ohn)
[F#](Mmm)
Now they [G#]never re-opened that worthless pit [F#]
Th[G#]ey just placed a marble stand in front of it [F#]
Th[G#]ese few lines are written on that stand [F#]
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#]Big J[G#]ohn)
[F#]Big J[G#]ohn
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