Big Bad John Chords by Jimmy Dean
Tempo:
87.05 bpm
Chords used:
F
G
Gm
Ab
Gb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[F] [G] Big John, [F] [Gm] Big John
Every [F] [Gm] morning at the mine you could [F] see him arrive.
[Gm] He stood six foot six and weighed [F] [Gm] 245,
kind of broad at his shoulder and [F] narrow at the hip.
[Gm] And everybody knew you didn't give [F] no lip [G] to Big John.
[C] Big John, Big John
[D] [G] Big Bad John
[F] [G] Big John
[F] Nobody [Gm] seemed to know where [F] John called [Gm] home.
He just drifted into town and stayed [F] all alone.
[G] He didn't say much, he was kind of [F] quiet and [Gm] shy.
And if you spoke at all, you just [F] said hi [G] to Big John.
[Cm]
[F] [Eb] Somebody said he came from New [F] Orleans
[G] where he'd gotten a fight [Gm] over a Cajun queen
and a crashing blow from a huge right hand
sent a Louisiana fella to the promised land, [G] Big John.
[C]
[N] Big John
Big Bad John
[C] Big John
[F] [G] Then came the day at [F] the bottom of the mine
[Gm] when a timber cracked and men [F] started [Gm] crying.
Miners were praying and hearts [G] beat fast
and everybody thought that they'd breathed [F] their last [G] except John.
[F] [G] Through the dust and the smoke of this man [F]-made hell
[G] walked a giant of a man that the miners [F] knew well,
[Gm] grabbed a sagging timber and gave out [Fm] with a groan
[G] and like a giant oak tree just stood [F] there alone, [G] Big John.
[C] Big John, Big John
[G] Big Bad John
[Ab] Big John
And [Gb] [Ab] with [Gm] all of his strength he gave a mighty shove
[Ab] then a miner yelled out, there's a light up above
and twenty [Abm] men scrambled from a would-be grave
and now there's only one left [Gbm] down there to save, Big John.
[Abm] With jacks and timbers they [Gb] started back [Ab] down
then came that rumble way down in the ground
and the smoke and gas belched [Gb] out of that mine
and by that time everybody knew it was the end of the line for Big [Ab] John.
[Fm] Big John,
[Db] Big John
[Ab] Big Bad [Gb] John
[Abm] Big John
[Gb] Now [Ab] they never reopened that [Gbm] worthless pit
[Ab] they just placed a marble stand [Gb] in front [Ab] of it.
These few words are written [Ebm] on that [Ab] stand
At the bottom of this mine lies a big, big man, Big John.
[G] Big [Ab] Bad John
[E] [Gb] Big [Bb] John
Every [F] [Gm] morning at the mine you could [F] see him arrive.
[Gm] He stood six foot six and weighed [F] [Gm] 245,
kind of broad at his shoulder and [F] narrow at the hip.
[Gm] And everybody knew you didn't give [F] no lip [G] to Big John.
[C] Big John, Big John
[D] [G] Big Bad John
[F] [G] Big John
[F] Nobody [Gm] seemed to know where [F] John called [Gm] home.
He just drifted into town and stayed [F] all alone.
[G] He didn't say much, he was kind of [F] quiet and [Gm] shy.
And if you spoke at all, you just [F] said hi [G] to Big John.
[Cm]
[F] [Eb] Somebody said he came from New [F] Orleans
[G] where he'd gotten a fight [Gm] over a Cajun queen
and a crashing blow from a huge right hand
sent a Louisiana fella to the promised land, [G] Big John.
[C]
[N] Big John
Big Bad John
[C] Big John
[F] [G] Then came the day at [F] the bottom of the mine
[Gm] when a timber cracked and men [F] started [Gm] crying.
Miners were praying and hearts [G] beat fast
and everybody thought that they'd breathed [F] their last [G] except John.
[F] [G] Through the dust and the smoke of this man [F]-made hell
[G] walked a giant of a man that the miners [F] knew well,
[Gm] grabbed a sagging timber and gave out [Fm] with a groan
[G] and like a giant oak tree just stood [F] there alone, [G] Big John.
[C] Big John, Big John
[G] Big Bad John
[Ab] Big John
And [Gb] [Ab] with [Gm] all of his strength he gave a mighty shove
[Ab] then a miner yelled out, there's a light up above
and twenty [Abm] men scrambled from a would-be grave
and now there's only one left [Gbm] down there to save, Big John.
[Abm] With jacks and timbers they [Gb] started back [Ab] down
then came that rumble way down in the ground
and the smoke and gas belched [Gb] out of that mine
and by that time everybody knew it was the end of the line for Big [Ab] John.
[Fm] Big John,
[Db] Big John
[Ab] Big Bad [Gb] John
[Abm] Big John
[Gb] Now [Ab] they never reopened that [Gbm] worthless pit
[Ab] they just placed a marble stand [Gb] in front [Ab] of it.
These few words are written [Ebm] on that [Ab] stand
At the bottom of this mine lies a big, big man, Big John.
[G] Big [Ab] Bad John
[E] [Gb] Big [Bb] John
Key:
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[F] [G] Big John, _ [F] [Gm] Big John
Every [F] _ [Gm] morning at the mine you could [F] see him arrive.
[Gm] He stood six foot six and weighed [F] [Gm] 245,
kind of broad at his shoulder and [F] narrow at the hip.
[Gm] And everybody knew you didn't give [F] no lip [G] to Big John.
_ [C] Big John, _ Big John
[D] [G] Big Bad John _
[F] [G] Big John
[F] Nobody [Gm] seemed to know where [F] John called [Gm] home.
He just drifted into town and stayed [F] all alone.
[G] He didn't say much, he was kind of [F] quiet and [Gm] shy.
And if you spoke at all, you just [F] said hi [G] to Big John.
[Cm] _
[F] [Eb] Somebody said he came from New [F] Orleans
[G] where he'd gotten a fight [Gm] over a Cajun queen
and a crashing blow from a huge right hand
sent a Louisiana fella to the promised land, [G] Big John.
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[N] Big John
Big Bad John _
[C] Big John
_ _ [F] [G] Then came the day at [F] the bottom of the mine
[Gm] when a timber cracked and men [F] started [Gm] crying.
Miners were praying and hearts [G] beat fast
and everybody thought that they'd breathed [F] their last [G] except John. _ _
[F] [G] Through the dust and the smoke of this man [F]-made hell
[G] walked a giant of a man that the miners [F] knew well,
[Gm] grabbed a sagging timber and gave out [Fm] with a groan
[G] and like a giant oak tree just stood [F] there alone, [G] Big John.
_ _ [C] Big John, _ Big John
[G] Big Bad John _
[Ab] Big John
And [Gb] [Ab] with [Gm] all of his strength he gave a mighty shove
[Ab] then a miner yelled out, there's a light up above
and twenty [Abm] men scrambled from a would-be grave
and now there's only one left [Gbm] down there to save, Big John. _
[Abm] With jacks and timbers they [Gb] started back [Ab] down
then came that rumble way down in the ground
and the smoke and gas belched [Gb] out of that mine
and by that time everybody knew it was the end of the line for Big [Ab] John.
_ [Fm] Big John, _
[Db] Big John
_ [Ab] Big Bad [Gb] John _
[Abm] Big John
[Gb] Now [Ab] they never reopened that [Gbm] worthless pit
[Ab] they just placed a marble stand [Gb] in front [Ab] of it.
These few words are written [Ebm] on that [Ab] stand
At the bottom of this mine lies a big, big man, Big John.
_ [G] _ Big _ _ _ _ [Ab] Bad John
[E] _ [Gb] Big [Bb] John _ _
Every [F] _ [Gm] morning at the mine you could [F] see him arrive.
[Gm] He stood six foot six and weighed [F] [Gm] 245,
kind of broad at his shoulder and [F] narrow at the hip.
[Gm] And everybody knew you didn't give [F] no lip [G] to Big John.
_ [C] Big John, _ Big John
[D] [G] Big Bad John _
[F] [G] Big John
[F] Nobody [Gm] seemed to know where [F] John called [Gm] home.
He just drifted into town and stayed [F] all alone.
[G] He didn't say much, he was kind of [F] quiet and [Gm] shy.
And if you spoke at all, you just [F] said hi [G] to Big John.
[Cm] _
[F] [Eb] Somebody said he came from New [F] Orleans
[G] where he'd gotten a fight [Gm] over a Cajun queen
and a crashing blow from a huge right hand
sent a Louisiana fella to the promised land, [G] Big John.
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[N] Big John
Big Bad John _
[C] Big John
_ _ [F] [G] Then came the day at [F] the bottom of the mine
[Gm] when a timber cracked and men [F] started [Gm] crying.
Miners were praying and hearts [G] beat fast
and everybody thought that they'd breathed [F] their last [G] except John. _ _
[F] [G] Through the dust and the smoke of this man [F]-made hell
[G] walked a giant of a man that the miners [F] knew well,
[Gm] grabbed a sagging timber and gave out [Fm] with a groan
[G] and like a giant oak tree just stood [F] there alone, [G] Big John.
_ _ [C] Big John, _ Big John
[G] Big Bad John _
[Ab] Big John
And [Gb] [Ab] with [Gm] all of his strength he gave a mighty shove
[Ab] then a miner yelled out, there's a light up above
and twenty [Abm] men scrambled from a would-be grave
and now there's only one left [Gbm] down there to save, Big John. _
[Abm] With jacks and timbers they [Gb] started back [Ab] down
then came that rumble way down in the ground
and the smoke and gas belched [Gb] out of that mine
and by that time everybody knew it was the end of the line for Big [Ab] John.
_ [Fm] Big John, _
[Db] Big John
_ [Ab] Big Bad [Gb] John _
[Abm] Big John
[Gb] Now [Ab] they never reopened that [Gbm] worthless pit
[Ab] they just placed a marble stand [Gb] in front [Ab] of it.
These few words are written [Ebm] on that [Ab] stand
At the bottom of this mine lies a big, big man, Big John.
_ [G] _ Big _ _ _ _ [Ab] Bad John
[E] _ [Gb] Big [Bb] John _ _
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