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Big John chords by 
Deadbolt
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Verse 1
F
G
F
G
John Big John
F
G
Big John
D
Cm
Eb
D
Big John
Big John
G
F
G
Big Bad John
C
F
G
Every morning in the mine
Am
you would see him arrive
F
G
He stood six foot six,
he weighed two forty -five
F
G
Cut uprodded the shoulders,
D
narrowed the hip,
G
everybody knew he didn't
D
give no lift to Big John.
F
C
E
D
Big John! Big John!
G
F
G
Big Bad John.
D
G
Nobody seemed to know
where John called home,
D
G
he just drifted into town
D
and stayed all alone.
G
He didn't say much,
D
he was kind of quiet and shy
G
Am
And if you spoke at all,
G
D
G
you'd just say hi to Big John
F
G
Hey, John
D
G
Somebody said he came
D
from New Orleans
G
Where he got in a fight
D
over a Cajun queen
G
D
Ab
A crashing blow from a huge right hand
D
Sent a Louisiana man to
G
the promised land
D
G
D
G
D
C
E
Big John
D
G
D
F
G
D
F
G
Then came the day at the
Fm
bottom of the mine
F
G
When a timber cracked
and men started cryin'
D
G
Miners were prayin'
F
and hearts broke fast
G
And everybody thought
they'd breathed their
D
G
The last Sept -John
F
G
Through the dust and the smoke
D
of this man -made hell
F
G
Walked a giant of a man
that the miners knew well
D
G
D
Grabbed a saggin' timber
and gave out a groan
F
G
An d like a giant oak tree
just stood there alone
D
G
It's Big John
C
D
F
Big John
D
Big John
G
F
G
Big Bad John
F
G
With all of his strength
D
he gave a mighty shove
C
G
Then a miner yelled out,
there's a light up above
F
G
Twenty men scrambled
D
from a would -be grave
G
Am
And now there's only one left down there
G
D
G
to save it's John
D
G
With jacks and timbers
they started back down
F
G
Then came that rumble
way down in the ground
D
G
And smoking gas belched out of that mine
F
G
And everybody knew it
was the end of the line
D
F
G
I think it's John
D
C
D
C
Big John
D
Big John
G
D
F
G
Big Bad John
D
G
Now they never reopened that worthless pit
F
Gm
They just placed a marble
G
stand in front of it
D
G
C
D
These few words are written on that stand
G
At the bottom of their mind
lies a big, big man
D
C
E
D
Big John
F
G
Big John
D
F
G
There's another part
to the story you see
F
G
D
John found an opening in Tunnel C
F
G
D
Shook off the dust and walked to town
F
G
C
G
D
To a bar where all his minor buddies
F
G
D
F
hung around Big John
Eb
G
He walked in the bar and he locked the door
D
F
G
Everybody turned around
D
a few guys hit the floor
F
G
he said thanks a lot for leaving
Eb
me in that mind
D
F
C
you're really nice guys
G
D
F
I'm gonna take my time big John
G
D
G
Gm
Eb
D
he beat the shit out of 15 guys
G
and when he was done
D
he said I got a surprise
D
Eb
he pulled out the roofs supporting beam
D
and when the bar collapsed
G
you could hear the scream
D
s except John
Big John!
F
Big Bad John!
G
Big John!
G
Big John!
F
G
Big John!
F
G
Big John!
Damn! I got a tumor in my head
with it! what are you doing?
Hey, can I check your phone?
Tumor! got a tumor!
Ok, listen to this.
Oh, that was a tough one.
Fuck, sounds so simple.
Straighten out that wind thing.
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