Tonart: G major
Verse 1
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D
G
(Big John Big John)
Every mornin' at the mine
you could see him arrive
He stood six foot six and weighed 2- 45
Kinda broad at the shoulder and
narrow at the hip
Everybody knew you didn't
give no lip to Big John
Em
C
D
G
(Big John Big John) Big
Verse 2
Bad John (Big John)
G
Nobody seemed to know
where John called home
Just drifted into town and stayed all alone
He didn't say much
kinda quiet and shy
And if you spoke at all you just
said hi to Big John
Somebody said he came
from New Orleans
F
G
Where he got in a fight over a Cajun Queen
Bb
A crashin' blow from a huge right hand
D
G
Sent a Louisiana fellow to the
Promised Land Big John
Em
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D
(BigJohn Big John) Big
Verse 3
G
Then came the day at the
bottom of the mine
When a timber cracked
and men started cryin'
Miners were prayin' and
hearts beat fast
Everybody thought that they'd breathed
their last 'cept John
Through the dust and the smoke
of this man made hell
Walked a giant of a man that the
miners knew well
Grabbed a sagging timber
and gave out with a groan
C#
G
And like a gi ant oak tree he
just stood there alone Big John
Em
C
D
G
(Big John Big John) Big Bad
John (Big John)
Ab
Verse 4
And with all of his strength
he have a mighty shove
Then a miner yelled out there's
a light up above
Twenty men screamed from
a would be grave
Now there's only one left down
there to save Big John
With jacks and timbers
they started back down
Gb
Ab
Then came that rumble way
Ab
The smoke and gas belched
out of the mine
Everybody knew it way the end
of the line for Big John
Fm
Db
Eb
Ab
(Big John Big John) Big
Verse 5
Bad John (Big John)
Ab
Now they never reopened
that worthless pit
They just placed a marbled
stand in front of it
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Ab
And these few words're written
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Ab
on that stand
Gb
At the bottom of this mine lies a
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Fm
G
big big man Big John
Fm
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Eb
(Big John Big John) Big
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