Big Bad John
Key: GEnglish
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Every Gmorning at the mine you could see him Farrive
He stood Gsix foot six and weighed 245 F
Kinda Gbroad at the shoulder and narrow at the Fhip
And Geverybody knew you didn't give no Flip to Big GJohn.
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Big EmJohn, Big CJaw--Dwon, Big Bad GJohn.
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Nobody seemed to know where John called home
He just drifted into town and stayed all alone
Didn't say much a-kinda quiet and shy
And if you spoke at all you just said hi to Big John
Somebody said he came down from New Orleans
Where he got in a fight over a Cajun Queen
And a crashing blow from a huge right hand
Sent a Louisiana fellow to the Promised Land Big John
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Verse
Then G#came one day at the bottom of the F#mine
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 F#alone Big G#John
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Big FmJohn, Big C#Jaw--D#won, Big Bad G#John
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With Aall of his strength he gave a mighty Gshove
Then a Aminer yelled out "There's a light up Gabove
And A20 men scrambled from a would be Ggrave
Now there's Aonly one left down there to Gsave Big AJohn
With Ajacks and timbers they started back Gdown
Then Acame that rumble way down in the Gground
And Asmoke and gas belched from outta that Gmine
AEverybody knew it was the end of the Gline for Big AJohn
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Big F#mJohn, Big DJaw--Ewon, Big Bad AJohn.
G
Verse
Now they never re-opened that worthless pit
They just placed a marble stand in front of it
These few lines are written on that stand
"At the bottom of this mine, lies one Helluva man.--BIG JOHN".
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