Big Bad John chords by Jimmy Dean

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

FF  G+G
(Big John)
FF  G+G
(Big John)
(Mmmmmm)
G+G                   FF
Every moning at the mine you could see him arrive
     G+G             FF
He stood six foot six and weighed 245
   G+G                    FF
Kinda broad at the shoulder and narrow at the hip
  G+G                 FF     G+G
And everybody knew you didn't give no lip to Big John.
  E minorEm    C majorC   D MajorD       G+G
(Big John, Big Jo----ohn), Big Bad John.
                  (Mmmmm)
 FF  G+G
(Big John)
FF
(MMm)

G+G                   FF
Nobody seemed to know where John called home
G+G                      FF
He just drifted into town and stayed all alone
G+G                 FF
Didn't say much a-kinda quiet and shy
G+G                     FF
And if you spoke at all you just said high to Big John

G+G                   FF
(Mmmmm)                (Mmmm)

G+G                     FF
Somebody said he came down from New Orleans
G+G                    FF
Where he got in a fight over a Cajun Queen
G+G                  FF
And a crashin blow from a huge right hand
G+G                      FF
Sent a Louisiana fellow to the Promised Land Big John
(Chorus)
   E minorEm    C majorC   D MajorD       G+G
(Big John, Big Jo----ohn), Big Bad John.
                  (Mmmmm)
 FF  G+G
(Big John)
FF
(MMm)
   G+G                 FF
Then came one day at the bottom of the mine
    G+G                 FF
When a timber cracked and the men started crying
G+G                     FF
Miners were paraying and their hearts beat fast
  G+G                    FF
And everybody thought they'd breathed their last 'cept
G+G    FF
John  (Mmmmm)

      G+G                  FF
Through the dust and the smoke of this man made Hell
     G+G                  FF
Walked a giant of a man that the miners knew well
     G+G                 FF
Grabbed a sagging timber and gave out with a groan
      G+G                FF    G+G
And like a giant oak tree just stood there alone Big John

   E minorEm    C majorC   D MajorD       G+G
(Big John, Big Jo----ohn), Big Bad John.
                  (Mmmmm)
 G+G  G#G#
(Big John)
F#F#
(MMm)
   G#G#                  F#F#
With all of his strength he gave a mighty shove
   G#G#                    F#F#
Then a miner yelled out "There's a light up above
   G#G#               F#F#
And 20 men scrambled from w would be grave
   G#G#                F#F#
Now there's only one left down there to save Big
G#G#    F#F#
John   (Mmmm)

   G#G#                  F#F#
With jacks and timbers they started back down
   G#G#                  F#F#
Then came that rumble way down in the ground
   G#G#                  F#F#
And smoke and gas belched from outta that mine
   G#G#                 F#F#    G#G#
Everybody knew it was the end of the line for Big John
   F minorFm    C#C#   D#D#      G#G#
(Big John, Big Jo----ohn), Big Bad John.
                  (Mmmmm)
 F#F#  G#G#
(Big John)
F#F#
(Mmm)
     G#G#                  F#F#
Now they never re-opened that worthless pit
 G#G#                       F#F#
They just placed a marble stand in front of it
 G#G#                      F#F#
These few lines are written on that stand
G#----Short
(mmm)

"At the bottom of this mine, lies a Big, Big man.--BIG JOHN".
   F minorFm    C#C#   D#--Short   G#G#
(Big John, Big Jo----ohn), Big Bad John.
                  (Mmmmm)
 F#F#  G#G#
(Big John)
 F#F#  G#G#
 Big John