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Big Bad John easy guitar chords by 
Jimmy Dean
Intro 1
F
G
F
G
F
(Big John, big John)
Verse 1
G
Every mornin' at the mine
F
you could see him arrive
G
He stood six-foot-six and
F
weighed two-forty-five
G
Kinda broad at the shoulder
F
and narrow at the hip
G
And everybody knew ya didn't
F
give no lip to big
Chorus 1
G
Em
C
D
(John) (Big John, big John)
G
F
G
F
Big bad John (big John)
Verse 2
G
Nobody seemed to know
F
where John called home
G
He just drifted into town
F
and stayed all alone
G
F
He didn't say much, kinda quiet and shy
G
And if you spoke at all,
F
G
F
you just said hi to Big John
Verse 3
G
Somebody said he came
F
from New Orleans
G
F
Where he got in a fight over a Cajun Queen
G
F
And a crashin' blow from a huge right hand
G
Sent a Louisiana fellow
F
to the promised land, big
Chorus 2
G
Em
C
D
(John) (Big John, big John)
G
F
G
F
Big bad John (big John)
Verse 4
G
Then came the day
F
at the bottom of the mine
G
F
When a timber cracked and men started cryin'
G
F
Miners were prayin' and hearts beat fast
G
And everybody thought that they'd
F
G
F
breathed their last, 'cept John
Verse 5
G
Through the dust and the smoke
F
of this man-made hell
G
Walked a giant of a man
F
that the miners knew well
G
Grabbed a saggin' timber,
F
'n' gave out with a groan
G
And like a giant oak tree
F
he just stood there alone big
Chorus 3
G
Em
C
D
(John) (Big John, big John)
G
Ab
Gb
Big bad John (big John)
Verse 6
Ab
And with all of his strength
Gb
he gave a mighty shove
Ab
Then a miner yelled out
Gb
"there's a light up above!"
Ab
And twenty men scrambled
Gb
from a would-be-grave
Ab
Now there's only one
Gb
Ab
Gb
left down there to save, big John
Verse 7
Ab
With jacks and timbers
Gb
they started back down
Ab
Then came that rumble
Gb
way down in the ground
Ab
And then smoke and gas belched
Gb
out of that mine
Ab
Everybody knew it was the end
Gb
of the line for big
Chorus 4
Ab
Fm
Db
Eb
(John) (Big John, big John)
Ab
Gb
Ab
Gb
Big bad John (big John)
Verse 8
Ab
Now, they never reopened
Gb
that worthless pit
Ab
They just placed a marble stand
Gb
in front of it
Ab
Gb
These few words are written on that stand
Ab
At the bottom of this mine
lies a big, big man
Chorus 5
Big John
Ab
Fm
Db
Eb
(Big John, big John)
Ab
Gb
Ab
Gb
Ab
Big bad John (big John, big John)
[Fade out]
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