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