Key: F major
Verse 1
Big
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John,
Big
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John
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Every morning at the mine
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He stood six foot six and weighed 245
didn't give no lip to
Big
John
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John,
Big
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John
Bad
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John
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Big
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John
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Nobody seemed to know where
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John called home
and stayed all alone
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He didn't say much,
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And if you spoke at all, you just said hi to
Big
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John
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Somebody said he came from
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New
Orleans
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Where he got in a fight over a
Cajun queen
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And a crashing blow from a
sent a
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Louisiana fella to the promised land,
Big
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John.
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John,
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John,
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Big
Bad
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John,
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Big
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John.
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Then came the day at the
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and men started crying.
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and hearts beat fast
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breathed their last except
John.
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Through the dust and the smoke
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miners knew well
just stood there alone
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John
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John
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John
Bad
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John
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Big
John
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And with all of his strength
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Then a miner yelled out,
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 left
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down there to save
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John
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With jacks and timbers
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Then came that rumble way
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And as smoke and gas belched
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Everybody knew it was the
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John
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John,
Big
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John,
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John,
Big
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John.
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Now they never reopened that worthless pit,
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they just placed a marble stand 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.
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John.
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John.
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John.
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Big
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John.
Big
John.
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Bad
John.
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