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

0

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
    G
    F
    G
    F
    G

    Oh John, Oh John
    F
    G

    F
    G

    I awoke one morning

    from a horrible dream
    F
    G

    In a Louisiana town where

    they call me Queen
    F
    G

    Saw a man catch a train

    at the rise of sun

    With a tearful scream, I called his name
    F
    G

    Big John
    F#
    Ebm
    B
    G
    C
    G

    Oh John, Oh John
    F
    G

    My Big John
    F
    G

    Angry mobs were gathering

    in Bourbon Street
    F
    G

    And as I ran across,

    they pointed at me
    F
    G

    There's the Cajun queen,

    she started the fight
    F
    G
    F
    G

    That caused Big John to kill last night
    F
    G

    I kept on running straight to the east
    F
    G

    As I followed the track

    of the big iron beast
    F
    G
    F

    Through the sun or rain, the days and nights
    G

    I never thought once about givin'
    F
    G

    up the fight for my John
    Ebm
    F#
    B
    C

    Oh John, oh John
    G

    My big John
    F
    G
    F
    G

    Oh John, oh
    F
    G

    The long trail led to a mining town
    F
    G

    And it didn't take long for

    the talk to get around
    F
    G

    That a Cajun girl from New Orleans
    F
    G

    Was asking questions in a room
    F
    G
    F
    G

    in the street for Big John
    F
    G

    Now nobody seemed

    to want to be the one
    F
    G

    To answer my questions about Big John
    F
    G

    I couldn't tell if their

    feelings were of pity or hate
    F
    G

    Only thing I could do was just
    F
    G

    watch and wait for Big John
    Eb
    G
    C
    G
    C
    G

    Oh John, oh John, my

    big John
    F
    G
    F
    G

    Oh John


    There was an old miner

    who was friendly and kind

    As he talked to me,

    I tried to read his mind
    F
    G

    He said, most of these kids you
    F

    see playin' and run
    G

    Wouldn't have no daddy,
    F
    G

    hadn't been for John
    F
    G

    He's down in that mine,

    but he's not alone
    F
    G

    Under thousands of tons

    of dirt and stone
    F
    G

    Twenty men owe their lives

    to this mighty man
    F
    G

    And I'm glad to meet the girl
    F
    G

    that once held the hand of Big John

    Big John, these words you may not hear
    F
    G

    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
    F#
    Ebm
    Eb
    G
    C
    G

    Oh John, oh John
    G

    My Big John
    F
    G

    Mmm, my John

    G
    G

    Mmm, my John you

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