Jimmy Dean - Big bad john

^F(Big^G John) ^F(Big^G John) (Mmmmmm) ^GEvery moning at the mine you could see ^Fhim arrive He stood ^Gsix foot six and weighed 24^F5 Kinda ^Gbroad at the shoulder and narrow at the ^Fhip And ^Geverybody knew you didn't give no ^Flip to Big ^GJohn. (Big^Em John, Big^C Jo----^Dohn), Big Bad ^GJohn. (Mmmmm) (^FBig ^GJohn) ^F(MMm)

^GNobody seemed to know where John called^F home ^GHe just drifted into town and stayed all alo^Fne ^GDidn't say much a-kinda quiet and ^Fshy ^GAnd if you spoke at all you just said high^F to Big John

^G(Mmmmm) ^F(Mmmm) ^GSomebody said he came down from New Orleans^{F G}Where he got in a fight over a Cajun Quee^Fn ^GAnd a crashin blow from a huge right ^Fhand ^GSent a Louisiana fellow to the Promised Land^F Big John (Chorus) (Big ^EmJohn, Big ^CJo----o^Dhn), Big Bad J^Gohn. (Mmmmm) (^FBig ^GJohn) ^F(MMm) Then ^Gcame one day at the bottom of the ^Fmine When a ^Gtimber cracked and the men started ^Fcrying ^GMiners were paraying and their hearts beat ^Ffast And ^Geverybody thought they'd breathed their ^Flast 'cept ^GJohn (^FMmmmm)

Through the ^Gdust and the smoke of this man made ^FHell Walked a ^Ggiant of a man that the miners knew ^Fwell Grabbed a ^Gsagging timber and gave out with a ^Fgroan And like a ^Ggiant oak tree just stood there a^Flone Big ^GJohn

(Big ^EmJohn, Big ^CJo----o^Dhn), Big Bad J^Gohn. (Mmmmm) (^GBig ^G#John) ^F#(MMm) With ^G#all of his strength he gave a mighty ^F#shove Then a^G# miner yelled out "There's a light up abo^F#ve And 2^G#0 men scrambled from w would be^F# grave Now th^G#ere's only one left down there to ^F#save Big ^G#John (^F#Mmmm)

With ^G#jacks and timbers they started back d^F#own Then ^G#came that rumble way down in the grou^F#nd And s^G#moke and gas belched from outta that ^F#mine Every^G#body knew it was the end of the lin^F#e for Big^G# John (Big ^FmJohn, Big ^C#Jo----o^D#hn), Big Bad J^G#ohn. (Mmmmm) (^F#Big J^G#ohn) ^F#(Mmm) Now they ^G#never re-opened that worthless pit ^F# Th^G#ey just placed a marble stand in front of it ^F# Th^G#ese few lines are written on that stand ^F# G#----Short (mmm)

(^F#Big J^G#ohn) ^F#Big J^G#ohn