My Big John chords by Dottie West

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Oh John, Oh John
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I awoke one morning
from a horrible dream
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In a Louisiana town where
they call me Queen
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Saw a man catch a train
at the rise of sun
With a tearful scream, I called his name
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Big John
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Oh John, Oh John
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My Big John
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Angry mobs were gathering
in Bourbon Street
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And as I  ran across,
they pointed at me
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There's the Cajun queen,
she started the fight
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That caused Big John to kill last night
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I  kept on running straight to the east
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As I  followed the track
of the big iron beast
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Through the sun or rain, the days and nights
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I never thought once about givin'
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up the fight for my John
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Oh John, oh John
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My big John
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Oh John, oh
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The long trail led to a mining town
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And  it didn't take long for
the talk to get around
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That a Cajun girl from New Orleans
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Was asking questions in a room
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in the street for Big John
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Now nobody seemed
to want to be the one
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To answer my questions about Big John
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I couldn't tell if their
feelings were of pity or hate
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Only thing I could do was just
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watch and wait for Big John
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Oh John, oh John, my
big John
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Oh John
There was an old miner
who was friendly and kind
As he talked to me,
I tried to read his mind
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He said, most of these kids you
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see playin' and run
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Wouldn't have no daddy,
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hadn't been for John
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He's down in that mine,
but he's not alone
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Under thousands of tons
of dirt and stone
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Twenty men owe their lives
to this mighty man
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And I'm glad to meet the girl
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that once held the hand of Big John
Big John, these words you may not hear
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But somehow 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
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Oh John, oh John
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My Big John
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Mmm, my John
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Mmm, my John you