Chords for Little Bitty Big John

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[A] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ [F#] When [A] he was twelve years old he bought a thirteen sheep, a little bitty big job, [C#] a little bitty big job.
He [A] could do more work than a man could do, a little bitty big job, [F#] a little bitty big job.
[E] Well they tell me that his mama [A] was a Cajun queen [E] and his daddy was the strongest [A] man
that you've ever seen, had the manner of his mama [A] and the muscles of his dad, a little
bitty big job, [F#m] a little bitty big job.
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[F#m] _ _ When [A] he turned sixteen he was a fine young chap, a little bitty big job, [F#m] a little bitty big [F#] job.
[A] And everybody said he's a picture of a pal, a little bitty big job, [F#m] a little bitty big job.
[E] He heard all his life [A] about big bad John [E] and about the many things [A] that big John done and
somebody said he was [A] big John's son, a little bitty big job, [F#m] a little bitty big job. _
[A] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ [C#m] Well [A] John caught a train and he left town a-flying, a little bitty big job, [F#m] a little
bitty big job.
[A] Said I'm gonna find my pappy or I'm gonna die trying, a little bitty big job, [F#m] a little
bitty big job.
[E] Well he landed in a [A] town where they dug for coal, [E] went a-walking down the street [A] with
an easy stroll and an old miner said well bless my soul it's a ghost of big John, [F#m] a
little bitty big job.
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[Gm] _ _ _ [A#] The old miner ran but he caught him in the street, a little bitty big job, [Gm] a little bitty big job.
[A#] Stuck out his hand said I think we ought to meet, they call me little bitty big job, _
[Gm] a
little bitty big job.
[F] When they finally got [A#] to talking it was kind of [F] sad cause the old fella [A#] told him all about
his [F] dad, said he didn't [A#] even know that big John had a little bitty big job, [Gm] a little
bitty big job.
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[A#] The miner took his hand and he walked out of town with a little bitty big [Gm] job, a little
bitty big job.
[A#] Showed that whole way down in the ground, the little bitty big job, [Gm] a little bitty big job. _
_ _ [F] _ John stood a-looking [A#] with his hat in his hand, _ [F] slowly read the words on [A#] the marble stand
and [D] he said yes sir, my daddy was a big, [A#] big man, said little bitty big job, a little bitty _ [Gm] big job. _ _ _
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