Big Bad John Chords by The Charlie Daniels Band
Tempo:
80.5 bpm
Chords used:
Dm
C
D
A
Bb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D]
[Dm] [D] [Dm] [D]
Every morning at the mine you could see him arrive.
[C] He stood six foot six and weighed [D] 245.
Kinda brought it to [Dm] the shoulder and narrowed it to [C] him.
And everybody knew he didn't give no [D] lip to Big John.
Nobody knew where John had called [C] home.
He just drifted into town and stayed all [D] alone.
He didn't say much.
He was kinda quiet and [C] shy.
And if he spoke at all, you'd just say to hi to Big [Dm] John.
Somebody said he'd come from New Orleans [C] where he'd gotten a fight over a Cajun queen [Dm] and a crashing blow from a huge right [C] hand.
Said a Louisiana feller to the promised [D] land, Big John.
[Bb] Big John!
[A] Big John!
[Dm] He had none.
[D] Then there came that day way down in the [C] mine when the timber cracked and men started [Dm] crying and miners were praying and hearts beat [C] fast.
And everybody thought they'd done breathed their [D] last except [Dm] John.
Through the [A] smoke and the dust of this man-made [C] hell walked a child of a man that the miners knew [Dm] well.
Grabbed the sagging timber and gave out with a [C] groan and like a child of free just stood there [D] alone.
Big John.
[Bb]
Big John!
[A] Big John!
[Dm] He felt John.
[Bb] [A] [Dm]
[C] [Bb] [A] [Dm]
With all of his strength he gave a mighty shove [C] and a miner hollered out, there's a light up above [Dm] and his twenty men scrambled for would be grave.
[C] Now there's only one that's down there to [Dm] save Big John.
With jacks and timbers they started back down and [C] then they heard a rumble way down in the ground [Dm] and the 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!
He [D] ran.
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!
[A] Big John!
[Bb] Big John!
[A] Big John!
[Dm]
[D]
He ran.
[Dm] [D] [Dm] [D]
Every morning at the mine you could see him arrive.
[C] He stood six foot six and weighed [D] 245.
Kinda brought it to [Dm] the shoulder and narrowed it to [C] him.
And everybody knew he didn't give no [D] lip to Big John.
Nobody knew where John had called [C] home.
He just drifted into town and stayed all [D] alone.
He didn't say much.
He was kinda quiet and [C] shy.
And if he spoke at all, you'd just say to hi to Big [Dm] John.
Somebody said he'd come from New Orleans [C] where he'd gotten a fight over a Cajun queen [Dm] and a crashing blow from a huge right [C] hand.
Said a Louisiana feller to the promised [D] land, Big John.
[Bb] Big John!
[A] Big John!
[Dm] He had none.
[D] Then there came that day way down in the [C] mine when the timber cracked and men started [Dm] crying and miners were praying and hearts beat [C] fast.
And everybody thought they'd done breathed their [D] last except [Dm] John.
Through the [A] smoke and the dust of this man-made [C] hell walked a child of a man that the miners knew [Dm] well.
Grabbed the sagging timber and gave out with a [C] groan and like a child of free just stood there [D] alone.
Big John.
[Bb]
Big John!
[A] Big John!
[Dm] He felt John.
[Bb] [A] [Dm]
[C] [Bb] [A] [Dm]
With all of his strength he gave a mighty shove [C] and a miner hollered out, there's a light up above [Dm] and his twenty men scrambled for would be grave.
[C] Now there's only one that's down there to [Dm] save Big John.
With jacks and timbers they started back down and [C] then they heard a rumble way down in the ground [Dm] and the 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!
He [D] ran.
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!
[A] Big John!
[Bb] Big John!
[A] Big John!
[Dm]
[D]
He ran.
Key:
Dm
C
D
A
Bb
Dm
C
D
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [D] _
_ _ Every morning at the mine you could see him arrive.
[C] He stood six foot six and weighed [D] 245.
Kinda brought it to [Dm] the shoulder and narrowed it to [C] him.
And everybody knew he didn't give no [D] lip to Big John. _ _
Nobody knew where John had called [C] home.
He just drifted into town and stayed all [D] alone.
He didn't say much.
He was kinda quiet and [C] shy.
And if he spoke at all, you'd just say to hi to Big [Dm] John.
_ _ Somebody said he'd come from New Orleans [C] where he'd gotten a fight over a Cajun queen [Dm] and a crashing blow from a huge right [C] hand.
Said a Louisiana feller to the promised [D] land, Big John.
_ [Bb] Big John!
_ [A] Big John!
_ [Dm] He had none.
_ _ _ [D] _ _ Then there came that day way down in the [C] mine when the timber cracked and men started [Dm] crying and miners were praying and hearts beat [C] fast.
And everybody thought they'd done breathed their [D] last except [Dm] John.
_ Through the [A] smoke and the dust of this man-made [C] hell walked a child of a man that the miners knew [Dm] well.
Grabbed the sagging timber and gave out with a [C] groan and like a child of free just stood there [D] alone.
Big John.
_ [Bb]
Big John!
[A] Big John!
_ [Dm] He felt John.
_ _ [Bb] _ _ [A] _ _ [Dm] _
_ [C] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [A] _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ With all of his strength he gave a mighty shove [C] and a miner hollered out, there's a light up above [Dm] and his twenty men scrambled for would be grave.
[C] Now there's only one that's down there to [Dm] save Big John.
_ With jacks and timbers they started back down and [C] then they heard a rumble way down in the ground [Dm] and the 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!
He [D] ran. _ _ _ _
_ _ 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!
[A] Big John!
_ _ [Bb] Big John!
_ [A] Big John!
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ He ran.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [D] _
_ _ Every morning at the mine you could see him arrive.
[C] He stood six foot six and weighed [D] 245.
Kinda brought it to [Dm] the shoulder and narrowed it to [C] him.
And everybody knew he didn't give no [D] lip to Big John. _ _
Nobody knew where John had called [C] home.
He just drifted into town and stayed all [D] alone.
He didn't say much.
He was kinda quiet and [C] shy.
And if he spoke at all, you'd just say to hi to Big [Dm] John.
_ _ Somebody said he'd come from New Orleans [C] where he'd gotten a fight over a Cajun queen [Dm] and a crashing blow from a huge right [C] hand.
Said a Louisiana feller to the promised [D] land, Big John.
_ [Bb] Big John!
_ [A] Big John!
_ [Dm] He had none.
_ _ _ [D] _ _ Then there came that day way down in the [C] mine when the timber cracked and men started [Dm] crying and miners were praying and hearts beat [C] fast.
And everybody thought they'd done breathed their [D] last except [Dm] John.
_ Through the [A] smoke and the dust of this man-made [C] hell walked a child of a man that the miners knew [Dm] well.
Grabbed the sagging timber and gave out with a [C] groan and like a child of free just stood there [D] alone.
Big John.
_ [Bb]
Big John!
[A] Big John!
_ [Dm] He felt John.
_ _ [Bb] _ _ [A] _ _ [Dm] _
_ [C] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [A] _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ With all of his strength he gave a mighty shove [C] and a miner hollered out, there's a light up above [Dm] and his twenty men scrambled for would be grave.
[C] Now there's only one that's down there to [Dm] save Big John.
_ With jacks and timbers they started back down and [C] then they heard a rumble way down in the ground [Dm] and the 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!
He [D] ran. _ _ _ _
_ _ 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!
[A] Big John!
_ _ [Bb] Big John!
_ [A] Big John!
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ He ran.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _