Key: Bb major
Verse 1
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F
Eb
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Big John, Big John
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Every morning at the mine
you could see him arrive
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Eb
Stood six foot six and weighed 245
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you didn't give no limb to Big John
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Big John, Big John
C
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A big bad John
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Just drifted into town
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and stayed all alone
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Didn't say much, kinda quiet and shy
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If you spoke at all,
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you just said hi to Big John
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Ab
Where he got in a fight
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Bb
In a crash and blow from
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a huge right hand
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Eb
Sent a Louisiana fella to the promised land
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Big John, Big John, Big John,
C
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a big bad John, Big John
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Then came the day at the
when a timber cracked
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and men started crying
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Miners were praying and hearts beat fast
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and everybody thought they had breathed
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their last except John
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Walked a giant of a man
that the miners knew well
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Grabbed a saggin' timber
and gave out with a groan
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Like a giant oak tree
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Big John
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A big bad John
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F#
Big John, Big John
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With all of his strength
he gave a mighty shove
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Then a miner yelled out,
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Now there's only one left down there to save,
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Big John
With jacks and timbers
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they started back down
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The smoking gas belched out of that mine
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And everybody knew it was
the end of the line
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For Big John
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A big bad John
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Big John
Now they never reopene
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d that worthless pit
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These few words are written
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lies a big, big man
Big John
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Big John
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A big bad John
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Big John
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Big jump, big jump, big jump
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