Key: F major
Verse 1
Big
C
D
John,
Big
C
D
John
C
D
Every morning at the mine
D
C
He stood six foot six and weighed 245
didn't give no lip to
Big
John
Big
Bm
John,
Big
G
John
Bad
D
John
C
Big
D
John
C
D
Nobody seemed to know where
Dm
F
C
John called home
and stayed all alone
C
D
He didn't say much,
D
C
And if you spoke at all, you just said hi to
Big
D
John
C
D
Somebody said he came from
G
New
Orleans
C
D
Where he got in a fight over a
Cajun queen
C
D
And a crashing blow from a
sent a
D
C
Louisiana fella to the promised land,
Big
D
John.
Big
Bm
John,
Big
G
John,
A
Big
Bad
D
John,
C
Big
D
John.
C
D
Then came the day at the
G
C
and men started crying.
G
C
and hearts beat fast
E
D
breathed their last except
John.
C
D
Through the dust and the smoke
Dm
F
C
miners knew well
just stood there alone
Big
John
Big
Bm
John
Big
G
John
Bad
D
John
Eb
Big
John
Db
Cm
Eb
D
And with all of his strength
Db
Eb
Then a min er yelled out,
there's a light up above
Db
Eb
And twenty men scrambled
D
Bm
from a would -be grave
D
E
D
Now there's only one left
Eb
Db
down there to save
Big
Eb
John
Db
Eb
With jacks and timbers
Cm
Eb
Then came that rumble way
Eb
F
And as smoke and gas belched
Db
Eb
Cm
Everybody knew it was the
Big
Eb
John
Big
Cm
John,
Big
Ab
John,
Bb
Big
John,
Big
Db
Eb
John.
Db
Eb
Now they never reopened that worthless pit,
Db
C
F
Cm
Db
they just placed a marble stand in front of it.
Eb
Eb
These few words are written on that stand.
D
Eb
At the bottom of this mine lies a big,
big man.
Bb
Big
John.
Big
Big
Ab
John.
Bad
Eb
Eb
John.
Db
Big
Eb
John.
Big
John.
Big
Bad
John.
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