My Big John
My Big John

My Big John easy guitar chords by Dottie West

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Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 4

Capo

Transpose

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Capo

  • G

  • F

  • F#

    2

  • Ebm

    6

  • B

    2

  • C

  • Eb

    6

  • G

  • F

  • F#

    2

  • Ebm

    6

  • B

    2

  • C

  • Eb

    6
    • Verse 1
    Oh 
    John, 
    Oh 
    John 


    I 
    awoke 
    one 
    morning 

    from 
    a 
    horrible 
    dream 

    In 
    a 
    Louisiana 
    town 
    where 

    they call 
    me 
    Queen 

    Saw 
    a 
    man 
    catch 
    a 
    train 

    at 
    the 
    rise 
    of 
    sun 

    With 
    a 
    tearful 
    scream, 
    I called 
    his 
    name 

    Big 
    John 

    Oh 
    John, 
    Oh 
    John 

    My 
    Big 
    John 

    Angry 
    mob
    s 
    were 
    gathering 

    in 
    Bourbon 
    Street 

    And 
    as 
    I 
    ran 
    across, 

    they 
    pointed 
    at 
    me 

    There's 
    the Cajun 
    queen, 

    she started 
    the 
    fight 

    That 
    caused 
    Big 
    John 
    to 
    kill 
    last 
    night 

    I 
    kept 
    on 
    running 
    straight 
    to 
    the east 

    As 
    I 
    fol
    lowed 
    the 
    track 

    of 
    the 
    big 
    iron 
    beast 

    Through 
    the 
    sun 
    or 
    rain, 
    the days 
    and 
    nights 

    I 
    never 
    thought 
    once 
    about 
    givin' 

    up the 
    fight 
    for 
    my 
    John 

    Oh 
    John, 
    oh 
    John 

    My 
    big 
    John 

    Oh 
    John, 
    oh 

    The 
    long 
    trail 
    led 
    to 
    a 
    mining 
    town 

    An
    d 
    it 
    didn't 
    take 
    long 
    for 

    the 
    talk 
    to 
    get 
    around 

    That 
    a 
    Cajun 
    girl 
    from 
    New 
    Orleans 

    Was 
    ask
    ing 
    questions 
    in 
    a 
    room 

    in 
    the 
    street 
    for 
    Big 
    John 

    Now 
    nobody 
    seemed 

    to 
    want 
    to 
    be 
    the 
    one 

    To 
    an
    swer 
    my 
    questions 
    about 
    Big 
    John 

    I 
    couldn't 
    tell 
    if 
    their 

    feelings 
    were 
    of 
    pity 
    or 
    hate 

    Only 
    thing 
    I 
    could 
    do 
    was 
    just 

    watch 
    and 
    wait 
    for 
    Big 
    John 

    Oh 
    John, 
    oh 
    John, 
    my 

    big 
    John 

    Oh 
    John 


    There 
    was 
    an 
    old 
    miner 

    who 
    was 
    friendly 
    and 
    kind 

    As 
    he 
    talked 
    to 
    me, 

    I 
    tried 
    to 
    read 
    his 
    mind 

    He 
    said, 
    most 
    of these 
    kids 
    you 

    see 
    playin' 
    and 
    run

    Wouldn't 
    have 
    no 
    daddy, 

    hadn't 
    been 
    for 
    John 

    He's 
    down 
    in 
    that 
    mine, 

    but 
    he's 
    not 
    alone 

    Un
    der 
    thousands 
    of 
    tons 

    of 
    dirt 
    and 
    stone 

    Twenty 
    men 
    owe 
    their 
    lives 

    to 
    this 
    mighty 
    man 

    And 
    I'm 
    glad 
    to 
    meet 
    the 
    girl 

    that 
    once 
    held 
    the 
    hand 
    of 
    Big 
    John 

    Big 
    John, 
    these words 
    you 
    may 
    not 
    hear 

    But 
    some
    how 
    I 
    feel 
    you 
    know 
    I'm 
    near 

    This 
    town's 
    our 
    home, 

    we'll run 
    no 
    more 

    Cause 
    there's 
    a welcome 
    mat 

    at 
    nearly 
    every 
    door 
    for 
    Big 
    John 

    Oh 
    John, 
    oh 
    John 

    My 
    Big 
    John 

    Mmm, 
    my 
    John 


    Mmm, 
    my 
    John 
    you 

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