Chords for Jimmy Dean - Big Bad John
Tempo:
86.85 bpm
Chords used:
G
F
Ab
Abm
Gm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Gm] Big John, Big John
[F] Every [G] morning at the mine you could see him arrive.
He stood six foot six and weighed 245,
kind of broad at the shoulder and [F] narrow at the [G] hip.
And everybody knew you didn't give [F] no lip [G] to Big John.
[Em] Big John, [C] Big John
[D] Big [G] Bad John, [F] [G] Big John
[F] [G] Nobody seemed to know where [F] John called [G] home.
He just drifted into town and stayed [F] all alone.
[G] He didn't say much, [Fm] he was kind of quiet and [G] shy.
And if you spoke at all, you just [F] said hi [G] to Big John.
[F] [Eb] Somebody said he came [Gm] from New Orleans
where he'd gotten a fight over a Cajun queen
and a crashing blow from a huge right hand
sent a Louisiana fella to the promised land.
[G] Big John, [C] Big John
[N] Big Bad John, [G] Big John
Then [F] [Gm] came the day at the bottom of the mine
when a timber [G] cracked and men started crying.
Miners were praying and hearts beat fast
and everybody thought that they'd breathed their last except John.
[F] Through [G] the dust and the smoke of [F] this man-made hell
[G] walked a giant of a man that [F] the miners knew well.
[G] Grabbed a sagging timber and gave out with a groan
and like a giant oak tree just stood there alone.
Big John, Big [Am] John
[G] Big Bad John, [Ab] Big John
And with all of his strength he gave a mighty shove
then a miner yelled out, there's [Gbm] a light up above
and [Abm] twenty men scrambled from a would-be grave.
[Ab] Now there's only one left down there to save, Big John.
[Bb]
[Abm] With jacks and timbers they started [Gbm] back down
[Ab] then came that rumble way down in the ground
and the smoke and gas [Gb] belched out of that mine
and everybody [Ab] knew it was the end of the line for Big John.
[Db] Big John, Big John
Big [Ab] Bad John,
[Gb] [Abm] Big John
Now [N] they never reopened that worthless pit
they [Fm] just placed a marble [Gb] stand in front of it.
[Abm] These few words are [Eb] written on that stand
At the bottom of this mine lies a big, big man
Big John, [Ab]
[G] Big John
[Abm] Big Bad John, Big [Ab] John
[Dbm]
[F] Every [G] morning at the mine you could see him arrive.
He stood six foot six and weighed 245,
kind of broad at the shoulder and [F] narrow at the [G] hip.
And everybody knew you didn't give [F] no lip [G] to Big John.
[Em] Big John, [C] Big John
[D] Big [G] Bad John, [F] [G] Big John
[F] [G] Nobody seemed to know where [F] John called [G] home.
He just drifted into town and stayed [F] all alone.
[G] He didn't say much, [Fm] he was kind of quiet and [G] shy.
And if you spoke at all, you just [F] said hi [G] to Big John.
[F] [Eb] Somebody said he came [Gm] from New Orleans
where he'd gotten a fight over a Cajun queen
and a crashing blow from a huge right hand
sent a Louisiana fella to the promised land.
[G] Big John, [C] Big John
[N] Big Bad John, [G] Big John
Then [F] [Gm] came the day at the bottom of the mine
when a timber [G] cracked and men started crying.
Miners were praying and hearts beat fast
and everybody thought that they'd breathed their last except John.
[F] Through [G] the dust and the smoke of [F] this man-made hell
[G] walked a giant of a man that [F] the miners knew well.
[G] Grabbed a sagging timber and gave out with a groan
and like a giant oak tree just stood there alone.
Big John, Big [Am] John
[G] Big Bad John, [Ab] Big John
And with all of his strength he gave a mighty shove
then a miner yelled out, there's [Gbm] a light up above
and [Abm] twenty men scrambled from a would-be grave.
[Ab] Now there's only one left down there to save, Big John.
[Bb]
[Abm] With jacks and timbers they started [Gbm] back down
[Ab] then came that rumble way down in the ground
and the smoke and gas [Gb] belched out of that mine
and everybody [Ab] knew it was the end of the line for Big John.
[Db] Big John, Big John
Big [Ab] Bad John,
[Gb] [Abm] Big John
Now [N] they never reopened that worthless pit
they [Fm] just placed a marble [Gb] stand in front of it.
[Abm] These few words are [Eb] written on that stand
At the bottom of this mine lies a big, big man
Big John, [Ab]
[G] Big John
[Abm] Big Bad John, Big [Ab] John
[Dbm]
Key:
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[Gm] Big John, _ Big John
[F] Every [G] morning at the mine you could see him arrive.
He stood six foot six and weighed 245,
kind of broad at the shoulder and [F] narrow at the [G] hip.
And everybody knew you didn't give [F] no lip [G] to Big John.
_ [Em] Big John, _ [C] Big John
[D] Big [G] Bad John, [F] [G] Big John
_ [F] [G] Nobody seemed to know where [F] John called [G] home.
He just drifted into town and stayed [F] all alone.
[G] He didn't say much, [Fm] he was kind of quiet and [G] shy.
And if you spoke at all, you just [F] said hi [G] to Big John. _
[F] [Eb] Somebody said he came [Gm] from New Orleans
where he'd gotten a fight over a Cajun queen
and a crashing blow from a huge right hand
sent a Louisiana fella to the promised land.
[G] Big John, _ _ [C] Big John _ _
_ [N] _ _ _ Big Bad John, _ [G] Big John
Then [F] [Gm] came the day at the bottom of the mine
when a timber [G] cracked and men started crying.
Miners were praying and hearts beat fast
and everybody thought that they'd breathed their last except John. _
[F] Through [G] the dust and the smoke of [F] this man-made hell
[G] walked a giant of a man that [F] the miners knew well.
[G] Grabbed a sagging timber and gave out with a groan
and like a giant oak tree just stood there alone.
Big John, _ Big [Am] John _ _
_ _ [G] Big Bad John, _ [Ab] Big John
And with all of his strength he gave a mighty shove
then a miner yelled out, there's [Gbm] a light up above
and [Abm] twenty men scrambled from a would-be grave.
[Ab] Now there's only one left down there to save, Big John.
_ [Bb] _
[Abm] With jacks and timbers they started [Gbm] back down
[Ab] then came that rumble way down in the ground
and the smoke and gas [Gb] belched out of that mine
and everybody [Ab] knew it was the end of the line for Big John.
_ _ [Db] Big John, _ Big John
Big [Ab] Bad John, _
[Gb] [Abm] Big John
Now [N] they never reopened that worthless pit
they [Fm] just placed a marble [Gb] stand in front of it.
[Abm] These few words are [Eb] written on that stand
At the bottom of this mine lies a big, big man
_ Big John, [Ab]
[G] Big John
_ _ _ [Abm] _ Big Bad John, _ Big [Ab] John
_ [Dbm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] Every [G] morning at the mine you could see him arrive.
He stood six foot six and weighed 245,
kind of broad at the shoulder and [F] narrow at the [G] hip.
And everybody knew you didn't give [F] no lip [G] to Big John.
_ [Em] Big John, _ [C] Big John
[D] Big [G] Bad John, [F] [G] Big John
_ [F] [G] Nobody seemed to know where [F] John called [G] home.
He just drifted into town and stayed [F] all alone.
[G] He didn't say much, [Fm] he was kind of quiet and [G] shy.
And if you spoke at all, you just [F] said hi [G] to Big John. _
[F] [Eb] Somebody said he came [Gm] from New Orleans
where he'd gotten a fight over a Cajun queen
and a crashing blow from a huge right hand
sent a Louisiana fella to the promised land.
[G] Big John, _ _ [C] Big John _ _
_ [N] _ _ _ Big Bad John, _ [G] Big John
Then [F] [Gm] came the day at the bottom of the mine
when a timber [G] cracked and men started crying.
Miners were praying and hearts beat fast
and everybody thought that they'd breathed their last except John. _
[F] Through [G] the dust and the smoke of [F] this man-made hell
[G] walked a giant of a man that [F] the miners knew well.
[G] Grabbed a sagging timber and gave out with a groan
and like a giant oak tree just stood there alone.
Big John, _ Big [Am] John _ _
_ _ [G] Big Bad John, _ [Ab] Big John
And with all of his strength he gave a mighty shove
then a miner yelled out, there's [Gbm] a light up above
and [Abm] twenty men scrambled from a would-be grave.
[Ab] Now there's only one left down there to save, Big John.
_ [Bb] _
[Abm] With jacks and timbers they started [Gbm] back down
[Ab] then came that rumble way down in the ground
and the smoke and gas [Gb] belched out of that mine
and everybody [Ab] knew it was the end of the line for Big John.
_ _ [Db] Big John, _ Big John
Big [Ab] Bad John, _
[Gb] [Abm] Big John
Now [N] they never reopened that worthless pit
they [Fm] just placed a marble [Gb] stand in front of it.
[Abm] These few words are [Eb] written on that stand
At the bottom of this mine lies a big, big man
_ Big John, [Ab]
[G] Big John
_ _ _ [Abm] _ Big Bad John, _ Big [Ab] John
_ [Dbm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _