The Big, Big Show chords by Redd Stewart

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Verse 1
D 
 (D major) There's a honky -tonk just out of town
that ain't hard to find,
Em 
it's got a big old  (E minor) neon sign.
A 
It says  (A major) whiskey food and
dancing's free,
it's even got a floor show
D 
and it  (D major) starts at nine.
But it's not like them other shows,
no vocal girls that dance
Em 
when all the  (E minor) lights are low.
A 
Just a  (A major) man who sings and plays guitar,
once a big -time country star,
D 
and every night he gives a big, big show.  (D major) 
He used to travel near and far,
a country star,
Em 
he lived down there in Tennessee.  (E minor) 
A 
He had  (A major) Ca dillacs and country homes,
swimming pools,
D 
for he was featured on  (D major) TV.
Gold records hanging on the wall,
with tailored suits and boots to match,
Em 
he  (E minor) had the dough.
A 
And thou (A major) sands came to hear him sing,
a big old greyhound wore his name,
D 
Bb 
And every night he gave a big, big show  (D major)  (B flat major) 
Eb 
He  (E flat major) had a wife, a pretty thing
He gave her furs and diamond rings
Fm 
He  (F minor) loved her so
Loved her so
Bb 
And  (B flat major) it  sure broke his heart in two
To leave her home when he went out
Eb 
To  (E flat major) give a show
Give a show
But she was not the traveling kind
So she would always stay behind
Fm 
And when he  (F minor) would go
Bb 
And  (B flat major) then when he came
home one night
Another held his darlin' tight
And from the dark he watched their big,
Eb 
big show  (E flat major) 
Everybody thought he'd get the chair
for killin' them
Fm 
But sometimes jewelry's  (F minor) candy fair
Bb 
But  (B flat major) he was broke when he got free
Eb 
No home, no cars, no more TVs  (E flat major) 
He wandered round from town to town
And finally settled here
Fm 
with no place  (F minor) else to go
Bb 
All day  (B flat major) he's drinking at the bar
But at night he takes his old guitar