Misc Unsigned Bands – Jimmy Dean - Big Bad John chords

Big Bad John:Jimmy (Ray) Dean.
#1 Hot 100..#1 Adult Contemp..#1 Country in 1961.

INTRO:
F   G     F   GBig John, Big John..

#1.
G                                   FEvery morning at the mine you could see him arrive,
         G                        Fhe stood six foot six and weighed two forty five.

#2.
      G                         FKinda broad at the shoulder and narrow at the hip,
    G                         F                   Gand everybody knew you didn't give no lip, to Big John.

CHORUS:
    Em        C   D           GBig John, Big Jo..hn..Big bad John..
F   G     Big John.

#3.
G                           FNobody seemed to know where John called home,
        G                     Fhe just drifted into town and stayed all alone.

#4.
   G                      FHe didn't say much, kinda quiet and shy,
    G                        F                     Gand if you spoke at all, you just said, hi, to Big John.

#5.
G                          FSomebody said he came from New Orleans,
         G                     Fwhere he got in a fight over a Cajun Queen.
      G                    FAnd a crashing blow from a huge right hand,
       G                       F                  Gsent a Louisiana fellow to the Promised Land, Big John.

CHORUS:
    Em        C   D           GBig John, Big Jo..hn..Big bad John..
F   G     Big John.

#6.
G                        FThen came the day at the bottom of the mine,
       G                  Fwhen a timber cracked and men started cryin'.
G                       FMiners were praying and hearts beat fast..
    G                             FAnd everybody thought that they'd breathed their last,
      G'cept John.

#7.
G                                      FThrough the dust and the smoke of this man-made hell,
         G                       Fwalked a giant of a man that the miners knew well.
          G                       FGrabbed a sagging timber and gave out with a groan,
           G                      F                      GAnd like a giant Oak tree he just stood there alone, Big John.

CHORUS:
    Em        C   D           GBig John, Big Jo..hn..Big bad John..
G   G#  Big John.

#8.
G#                                     F#And with all of his strength he gave a mighty shove,
       G#                           F#then a miner yelled out, 'There's a light up above!'
    G#                          F#And twenty men scrambled from a would-be grave..
             G#             F#                      G#Now, there's only one left, down there to save..Big John.

#9.
G#                          F#With jacks and timbers they started back down,
     G#                   F#then came that rumble way down in the ground.
         G#                    F#And then smoke and gas belched out of that mine..
G#                        F#                       G#Everybody knew it was the end of the line, for Big John.

CHORUS:
    Fm        C#  D#          G#Big John, Big Jo..hn..Big bad John..
F#  G#    Big John.

#10.
G#                            F#Now, they never reopened that worthless pit,
          G#                       F#They just placed a marble stand in front of it.
G#                          F#These few words are written on that stand..
        G#                          F#                G#'At the bottom of this mine, lies a big, big man, Big John.'

CHORUS:
    Fm        C#  D#         G#Big John, Big Jo..hn..Big bad John..
F#  G#     Big John.

OUTRO:
F#  G#    F#      G#Big John..Big Bad John..(Fade.)


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