Leroy van Dyke - Big man in a big house

(^FHe's a big man, in a ^Gbig house.)

Well, ^Cwhen he was a kid he ^Fdreamed about a big house ^Con a hill. Far, far away from ^FShantytown and pover-^Gty. ^CHe was only sixteen, a ^Fkid full of dreams, when he ^Cran away. He left his ^Fmom a note sayin', ^Gyou'll be proud of me some ^Cday.

When I'm a ^Fbig man in a ^Cbig house, with ^Facres and acres of ^Cground. I'll be a ^Fbig man in a ^Cbig house, with a ^Fbig high fence all ^Caround. A ^Fbig high fence all ^Caround.^G

Well, he ^Csettled down in a ^Fgreat big town and he ^Cworked so hard. But the harder he'd work the ^Fmore he'd spend, it ^Gseemed. And ^Call his new found friends they made ^Ffun of him and said, ^Ccome along. And we'll ^Fshow you how you can ^Gfulfill all your ^Cdreams.

You'lll be a ^Fbig man in a ^Cbig house, with ^Facres and acres of ^Cground. You'll be a ^Fbig man in a ^Cbig house, with a ^Fbig high fence all ^Caround. A ^Fbig high fence all ^Caround.^G

He was ^Cjust twenty-one when a ^Floaded gun was ^Chis downfall. For he joined the gang, he did ^Fsomething he shouldn't ^Gdo. Then one ^Crainy night the ^Fpolice came by and they ^Ctook

And the ^Fjudge said, son, there's a ^Gplace for kids like ^Cyou.

Now, he's a ^Fbig man in a ^Cbig house, with ^Facres and acres of ^Cground. Yes, he's a ^Fbig man in a ^Cbig house, with a ^Fbig high fence all ^Caround.

A ^Fbig high fence all ^Caround..With ^Facres and acres of ^Cground..(Fade.)