Chords for Big Bad John
Tempo:
80.65 bpm
Chords used:
C
Dm
D
A
Bb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[D]
[Dm] [D]
Every morning at the mine you could see him arrive.
foot six and [D] weighed 245.
everybody knew he didn't give no limp [D] to Big John.
knew where John had called home.
didn't say much.
[Dm] John.
[Dm] [D]
Every morning at the mine you could see him arrive.
foot six and [D] weighed 245.
everybody knew he didn't give no limp [D] to Big John.
knew where John had called home.
didn't say much.
[Dm] John.
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[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ Every morning at the mine you could see him arrive.
He [C] stood six foot six and [D] weighed 245.
Kinda brought it to the [Dm] shoulder and narrated to him.
[C] And everybody knew he didn't give no limp [D] to Big John.
_ Nobody knew where John had called home.
[C] He just drifted into town and stayed all alone.
[D] He didn't say much.
He's kinda quiet and [C] shy.
And if he spoke at all, you'd just say to hi to Big [Dm] John.
_ [D] Somebody said he'd come from New Orleans [C] where he'd gotten a fight over a Cajun queen
and [Dm] a crashing blow from a huge right [C] hand sent a Louisiana feller to the promised land, [D] Big John.
_ [Bb] Big John!
_ [A] Big John!
Big [Dm] John!
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ Then there came that day way down in the mine [C] when a timber cracked and men started crying
[Dm] and miners were praying and hearts beat [C] fast and everybody thought they'd done breathed their [Dm] last sip of John.
_ Through the smoke [A] and the dust of this man-made hell [C] walked a child of a man that the miners knew [Dm] well.
Grabbed a sagging timber and gave out with a [C] groan and like a child old three just stood there [D] alone.
Big John.
_ [Bb] Big John!
_ [A] Big John!
[Dm] Big John!
_ [C] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [A] _ _ [Dm] _
_ [C] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [A] _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ With all of his strength he gave a mighty shove and [C] a miner hollered out,
There's a light up above [Dm] and his twenty men scrambled from a would-be grave.
[C] Now there's only one left down there to say, [Dm] Big John.
_ With jacks and timbers they started back down and [C] then they heard a rumble way down in the ground
and [Dm] a smoking gas belched out of that mine.
[C] Everybody knew it was the end of the line [Dm] for Big John.
_ [Bb] Big John!
_ [A] Big John!
_ Big [D] John! _ _ _ _
_ _ They never reopened that worthless pit, they [C] just put a marble slab over it.
[Dm] These few words are written on that [C] stand.
At the bottom of this mine lies one hell [B] of a man, Big John.
[Bb] Big John!
Big [A] John!
_ Big [Bb] John!
_ [A] Big John!
_ [Dm] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ Big John.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ Every morning at the mine you could see him arrive.
He [C] stood six foot six and [D] weighed 245.
Kinda brought it to the [Dm] shoulder and narrated to him.
[C] And everybody knew he didn't give no limp [D] to Big John.
_ Nobody knew where John had called home.
[C] He just drifted into town and stayed all alone.
[D] He didn't say much.
He's kinda quiet and [C] shy.
And if he spoke at all, you'd just say to hi to Big [Dm] John.
_ [D] Somebody said he'd come from New Orleans [C] where he'd gotten a fight over a Cajun queen
and [Dm] a crashing blow from a huge right [C] hand sent a Louisiana feller to the promised land, [D] Big John.
_ [Bb] Big John!
_ [A] Big John!
Big [Dm] John!
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ Then there came that day way down in the mine [C] when a timber cracked and men started crying
[Dm] and miners were praying and hearts beat [C] fast and everybody thought they'd done breathed their [Dm] last sip of John.
_ Through the smoke [A] and the dust of this man-made hell [C] walked a child of a man that the miners knew [Dm] well.
Grabbed a sagging timber and gave out with a [C] groan and like a child old three just stood there [D] alone.
Big John.
_ [Bb] Big John!
_ [A] Big John!
[Dm] Big John!
_ [C] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [A] _ _ [Dm] _
_ [C] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [A] _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ With all of his strength he gave a mighty shove and [C] a miner hollered out,
There's a light up above [Dm] and his twenty men scrambled from a would-be grave.
[C] Now there's only one left down there to say, [Dm] Big John.
_ With jacks and timbers they started back down and [C] then they heard a rumble way down in the ground
and [Dm] a smoking gas belched out of that mine.
[C] Everybody knew it was the end of the line [Dm] for Big John.
_ [Bb] Big John!
_ [A] Big John!
_ Big [D] John! _ _ _ _
_ _ They never reopened that worthless pit, they [C] just put a marble slab over it.
[Dm] These few words are written on that [C] stand.
At the bottom of this mine lies one hell [B] of a man, Big John.
[Bb] Big John!
Big [A] John!
_ Big [Bb] John!
_ [A] Big John!
_ [Dm] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ Big John.
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