{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1702549,"song":"Big Joe Mufferaw","artist":"Stompin' Tom Connors","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11358091-big-joe-mufferaw-chords-by-stompin-tom-connors/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1702549?type=chord","rating":4.70339,"votes":24,"content":"[Intro]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHeave hi, heave hi ho,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]E[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nthe best man in Ottawa was Muffaraw Joe, Muffaraw Joe[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBig Joe Muffaraw paddled into Mattawa[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAll the way from Ottawa in just one day[/tab]\r\n\r\nHey, hey\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOn the river Ottawa the best man you ever saw[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nwas Big Joe Muffaraw the old folks say[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                          [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nCome and listen and I'll tell you what the old folks say[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd they say Big Joe had an old pet frog[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBigger than a horse and it barked like a dog[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the only thing quicker than a train upon a track[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]E[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIs Big Joe riding on the bullfrog's back[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHeave hi, heave hi ho,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]E[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe best man in Ottawa was Muffaraw Joe, Muffaraw Joe[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd they say Big Joe used to get real wet[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nFrom cutting down timber and working up a sweat[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd everyone will tell round Carleton Place[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                          [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe Mississippi dripped off of Big Joe's face[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHeave hi, heave hi, ho[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]E[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe best man in Ottawa was Muffaraw Joe, Muffaraw Joe[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNow Joe had to portage from the Gatineau down[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                              [ch]E[/ch]\r\nTo see a little girl he had in Kempville Town[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]                               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe was back and forth so many times to see that gal[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe path he wore became the Rideau Canal[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHeave hi, heave hi, ho[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]E[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe best man in Ottawa was Muffaraw Joe, Muffaraw Joe[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBig Joe Muffaraw paddled into Mattawa[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAll the way from Ottawa in just one day[/tab]\r\n\r\nHey, hey\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd on the river Ottawa the best man we ever saw[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWas big Joe Muffaraw the old folks say[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                     [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nCome listen and I'll tell ya what the old folks say[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWell, they say Big Joe put out a forest fire[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nHalf way between Renfrew and old Arnprior[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe was fifty miles away down around Smith Falls[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]                            [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWhen he drowned out the fire with five spit balls[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHeave hi, heave hi, ho[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]E[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe best man in Ottawa was Muffaraw Joe, Muffaraw Joe[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWell, he jumped in the Calabogie Lake real fast[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd he swam both ways to catch a cross-eyed bass[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]                               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut he threw it on the ground and said I can't eat that[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]E[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSo he covered it over with Mount Saint-Pat[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHeave hi, heave hi, ho[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]E[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe best man in Ottawa was Muffaraw Joe, Muffaraw Joe[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWell, they say Big Joe drank a bucket of gin[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThen beat the livin' tar out of twenty nine men[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd high on the ceiling of the Pembrooke pub[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]                                  [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThere's twenty nine boot marks and they're signed with love[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHeave hi, heave hi, ho[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]E[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe best man in Ottawa was Muffaraw Joe, Muffaraw Joe[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBig Joe Muffaraw paddled into Madawa[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAll the way from Ottawa in just one day[/tab]\r\n\r\nHey, hey\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd on the river Ottawa the best man we ever saw[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWas Big Joe Muffaraw the old folks say[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                          [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nCome and listen and I'll tell you what the old folks say[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nBig Joe Muffaraw[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nBig Joe Muffaraw[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nBig Joe Muffaraw[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nBig Joe Muffaraw[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\nHey, hey\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\nHey, hey\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\nHey, hey","chords":["E","A","D"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}