It's Big chords by
John Watts
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Key: F major
Verse 1
Big
D
D

E
E

John,
Big
D
D

E
E

John
D
D

E
E

Every morning at the mine
D
D

you could see him arrive
E
E

D
D

He stood six foot six and weighed 245
E
E

Kind of broad at the shoulder
D
D

and narrow at the hip
E
E

And everybody knew you
didn't give no lip to
Big
John
Big
C#m
C#m

John,
Big
A
A

John
B
B

Big
Bad
E
E

John
D
D

Big
E
E

John
D
D

E
E

Nobody seemed to know where
Em
Em

G
G

D
D

John called home
E
E

He just drifted into town
and stayed all alone
D
D

E
E

He didn't say much,
D
D

he kind of quiet and shy
E
E

D
D

And if you spoke at all, you just said hi to
Big
E
E

John
D
D

E
E

Somebody said he came from
A
A

New
Orleans
D
D

E
E

Where he got in a fight over a
Cajun queen
D
D

E
E

And a crashing blow from a
D
D

huge right hand
sent a
E
E

D
D

Louisiana fella to the promised land,
Big
E
E

John.
Big
C#m
C#m

John,
Big
A
A

John,
B
B

Big
Bad
E
E

John,
D
D

Big
E
E

John.
D
D

E
E

Then came the day at the
D
D

bottom of the mine
E
E

when a timber cracked
A
A

D
D

and men started crying.
E
E

Miners were praying
A
A

D
D

and hearts beat fast
E
E

and everybody thought that they'd
F#
F#

E
E

breathed their last except
John.
D
D

E
E

Through the dust and the smoke
D
D

of this man -made hell
E
E

Walked a giant of a man that the
Em
Em

G
G

D
D

miners knew well
E
E

Grabbed a saggin' timber
D
D

and gave out with a groan
E
E

And like a giant oak tree
just stood there alone
Big
John
Big
C#m
C#m

John
Big
A
A

John
B
B

Big
Bad
E
E

John
F
F

Big
John
Eb
Eb

Dm
Dm

F
F

E
E

And with all of his strength
F
F

he gave a mighty shove
Eb
Eb

F
F

Then a miner yelled out,
there's a light up above
Eb
Eb

F
F

And twenty men scrambled
E
E

C#m
C#m

from a would -be grave
E
E

F#
F#

E
E

Now there's only one left
F
F

Eb
Eb

down there to save
Big
F
F

John
Eb
Eb

F
F

With jacks and timbers
Eb
Eb

they started back down
Dm
Dm

F
F

Then came that rumble way
E
E

down in the ground
F
F

G
G

And as smoke and gas belched
E
E

out of that mine
Eb
Eb

F
F

Dm
Dm

Everybody knew it was the
Eb
Eb

end of the line for
Big
F
F

John
Big
Dm
Dm

John,
Big
Bb
Bb

John,
C
C

Big
F
F

Bad
John,
Big
Eb
Eb

F
F

John.
Eb
Eb

F
F

Now they never reopened that worthless pit,
Eb
Eb

D
D

G
G

Dm
Dm

Eb
Eb

they just placed a marble stand in front of it.
F
F

F
F

These few words are written on that stand.
E
E

F
F

At the bottom of this mine lies a big,
big man.
C
C

Big
John.
Big
Dm
Dm

John.
Big
Bb
Bb

John.
C
C

Big
Bad
F
F

F
F

John.
Eb
Eb

Big
F
F

John.
Big
John.
Big
Bad
John.

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