{t:Big Bad John}
{st:Johnny Cash (Jimmy Dean & Roy Acuff, 1961)}
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Every [G] morning at the mine you could see him arrive [F]    
He stood [G] six foot six and weighed 245 [F]   
Kinda [G] broad at the shoulder and narrow at the hip [F]    
And [G] everybody knew you didn't give no [F] lip to Big [G] John. 
Big [Em] John, Big [C] Jo----[D] ohn, Big Bad [G] John. 


No[G] body seemed to know where John called home [F]  
He just [G] drifted into town and stayed all alone [F]  
[G] Didn't say much a-kinda quiet and shy  [F]  
And [G] if you spoke at all you just said [F] hi to Big [G] John 


[G] Somebody said he came down from New Orleans  [F]  
Where he [G] got in a fight over a Cajun Queen  [F]  
And a [G] crashing blow from a huge right hand  [F]  
Sent a [G] Louisiana fellow to the Promised Land [F] Big [G] John 
Big [Em] John, Big [C] Jo----[D] ohn, Big Bad [G] John. ...[F] Big [G] John


Then [G] came one day at the bottom of the mine  [F]   
When a [G] timber cracked and the men started [F] crying 
[G] Miners were praying and their hearts beat [F] fast 
And [G] everybody thought they'd breathed their [F] last 'cept [G] John 


Through the [G] dust and the smoke of this man made [F] Hell 
Walked a [G] giant of a man that the miners knew [F] well 
Grabbed a [G] sagging timber and gave out with a [F] groan 
And like a [G] giant oak tree just stood there a-[F] lone  Big [G] John 
Big [Em] John, Big [C] Jo----[D] ohn, Big Bad [G] John. ...[F] Big [G] John


With [G] all of his strength he gave a mighty [F] shove 
Then a [G] miner yelled out "There's a light up [G] Gove 
And [G] 20 men scrambled from w would be [F] grave 
Now there's [G] only one left down there to [F] save Big [G] John 


With [G] jacks and timbers they started back [F] down 
Then [F] came that rumble way down in the [F] ground 
And [G] smoke and gas belched from outta that [F] mine 
[G] Everybody knew it was the end of the [F] line for Big [G] John         
Big [Em] John, Big [C] Jo----[D] ohn, Big Bad [G] John. ...[F] Big [G] John


Now they [G] never re-opened that worthless pit  [F]   
They just [G] placed a marble stand in front of it [F]   
[G] These few lines are written on that [F] stand  [G]  
[NC] "At the bottom of this mine, lies one Helluva man.--BIG JOHN". 
Big [Em] John, Big [C] Jo----[D] ohn, Big Bad [G] John. ...[F] Big [G↓] John


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