Big Bad John chords

[INTRO]
[F]Big [G]John, [F]Big [G]John..

#1.
[G]Every morning at the mine you could [F]see him arrive,
he stood [G]six foot six and weighed [F]two forty five.

#2.
Kinda [G]broad at the shoulder and [F]narrow at the hip,
and [G]everybody knew you didn't [F]give no lip, to Big [G]John.

[CHORUS]
Big [Em]John, Big [C]Jo..[D]hn..Big bad [G]John..
[F]Big [G]John.

#3.
[G]Nobody seemed to know where [F]John called home,
he just [G]drifted into town and [F]stayed all alone.

#4.
He [G]didn't say much, kinda [F]quiet and shy,
and [G]if you spoke at all, you [F]just said, hi, to Big [G]John.

#5.
[G]Somebody said he came from [F]New Orleans,
where he [G]got in a fight over a [F]Cajun Queen.
And a [G]crashing blow from a [F]huge right hand,
sent a [G]Louisiana fellow to the [F]Promised Land, Big [G]John.

[CHORUS]
Big [Em]John, Big [C]Jo..[D]hn..Big bad [G]John..
[F]Big [G]John.

#6.
[G]Then came the day at the [F]bottom of the mine,
when a [G]timber cracked and [F]men started cryin'.
[G]Miners were praying and [F]hearts beat fast..
And [G]everybody thought that they'd [F]breathed their last,
'cept [G]John.

#7.
[G]Through the dust and the smoke of this [F]man-made hell,
walked a [G]giant of a man that the [F]miners knew well.
Grabbed a [G]sagging timber and gave [F]out with a groan,
And like a [G]giant Oak tree he just [F]stood there alone, Big [G]John.

[CHORUS]
Big [Em]John, Big [C]Jo..[D]hn..Big bad [G]John..
[G]Big [G#]John.

#8.
[G#]And with all of his strength he gave a [F#]mighty shove,
then a [G#]miner yelled out, 'There's a [F#]light up above!'
And [G#]twenty men scrambled from a [F#]would-be grave..
Now, there's [G#]only one left, [F#]down there to save..Big [G#]John.

#9.
[G#]With jacks and timbers they [F#]started back down,
then [G#]came that rumble way [F#]down in the ground.
And then [G#]smoke and gas belched [F#]out of that mine..
[G#]Everybody knew it was the [F#]end of the line, for Big [G#]John.

[CHORUS]
Big [Fm]John, Big [C#]Jo..[D#]hn..Big bad [G#]John..
[F#]Big [G#]John.

#10.
[G#]Now, they never reopened that [F#]worthless pit,
They just [G#]placed a marble stand in [F#]front of it.
[G#]These few words are written [F#]on that stand..
'At the [G#]bottom of this mine, lies a [F#]big, big man, Big [G#]John.'

[CHORUS]
Big [Fm]John, Big [C#]Jo..[D#]hn..Big bad[G#] John..
[F#]Big [G#]John.

[OUTRO]
[F#]Big [G#]John..[F#]Big Bad [G#]John..(Fade.)


A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.