Big Bad John Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

GEvery moning at the mine you could see Fhim arrive

 He stood Gsix foot six and weighed 24F5

 Kinda Gbroad at the shoulder and narrow at the Fhip

 And Geverybody knew you didn't give no Flip to Big GJohn.

 Big EmJohn, Big CJaw----Dwon, Big Bad GJohn.

Nobody seemed to know where John called home

He just drifted into town and stayed all alone

Didn't say much a-kinda quiet and shy

And if you spoke at all you just said high to Big John

Somebody said he came down from New Orleans

Where he got in a fight over a Cajun Queen

And a crashing blow from a huge right hand

Sent a Louisiana fellow to the Promised Land Big John

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 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

 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 aF♯lone Big G♯John

 Big FmJohn, Big C♯Jaw----D♯won, Big Bad G♯John

 With Aall of his strength he gave a mighty Gshove

 Then a Aminer yelled out "There's a light up aGbove

 And A20 men scrambled from w would be Ggrave

 Now there's Aonly one left down there to Gsave Big AJohn

 With Ajacks and timbers they started back Gdown

 Then Acame that rumble way down in the Gground

 And Asmoke and gas belched from outta that Gmine

AEverybody knew it was the end of the Gline for Big AJohn

 Big F♯mJohn, Big DJaw----Ewon, Big Bad AJohn.

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Now they never re-opened that worthless pit

They just placed a marble stand in front of it

These few lines are written on that stand

"At the bottom of this mine, lies one Helluva man.--BIG JOHN".

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