{"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":958432,"song":"Jimmy Dean - Big Bad John","artist":"Misc Unsigned Bands","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11618021-jimmy-dean-big-bad-john-chords-by-misc-unsigned-bands/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/958432?type=chord","rating":4.81215,"votes":24,"content":"Big Bad John:Jimmy (Ray) Dean.\r\n#1 Hot 100..#1 Adult Contemp..#1 Country in 1961.\r\n\r\nINTRO:\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBig John, Big John..[/tab]\r\n\r\n#1.\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nEvery morning at the mine you could see him arrive,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nhe stood six foot six and weighed two forty five.[/tab]\r\n\r\n#2.\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nKinda broad at the shoulder and narrow at the hip,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand everybody knew you didn't give no lip, to Big John.[/tab]\r\n\r\nCHORUS:\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBig John, Big Jo..hn..Big bad John..[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]     \r\nBig John.[/tab]\r\n\r\n#3.\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nNobody seemed to know where John called home,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nhe just drifted into town and stayed all alone.[/tab]\r\n\r\n#4.\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHe didn't say much, kinda quiet and shy,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand if you spoke at all, you just said, hi, to Big John.[/tab]\r\n\r\n#5.\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSomebody said he came from New Orleans,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nwhere he got in a fight over a Cajun Queen.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd a crashing blow from a huge right hand,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nsent a Louisiana fellow to the Promised Land, Big John.[/tab]\r\n\r\nCHORUS:\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBig John, Big Jo..hn..Big bad John..[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]     \r\nBig John.[/tab]\r\n\r\n#6.\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThen came the day at the bottom of the mine,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nwhen a timber cracked and men started cryin'.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nMiners were praying and hearts beat fast..[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd everybody thought that they'd breathed their last,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\n'cept John.[/tab]\r\n\r\n#7.\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThrough the dust and the smoke of this man-made hell,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nwalked a giant of a man that the miners knew well.[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nGrabbed a sagging timber and gave out with a groan,[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd like a giant Oak tree he just stood there alone, Big John.[/tab]\r\n\r\nCHORUS:\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBig John, Big Jo..hn..Big bad John..[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]   [ch]G#[/ch]  \r\nBig John.[/tab]\r\n\r\n#8.\r\n[tab][ch]G#[/ch]                                     [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nAnd with all of his strength he gave a mighty shove,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G#[/ch]                           [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nthen a miner yelled out, 'There's a light up above!'[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G#[/ch]                          [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nAnd twenty men scrambled from a would-be grave..[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G#[/ch]             [ch]F#[/ch]                      [ch]G#[/ch]\r\nNow, there's only one left, down there to save..Big John.[/tab]\r\n\r\n#9.\r\n[tab][ch]G#[/ch]                          [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nWith jacks and timbers they started back down,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G#[/ch]                   [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nthen came that rumble way down in the ground.[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G#[/ch]                    [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nAnd then smoke and gas belched out of that mine..[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G#[/ch]                        [ch]F#[/ch]                       [ch]G#[/ch]\r\nEverybody knew it was the end of the line, for Big John.[/tab]\r\n\r\nCHORUS:\r\n[tab]    [ch]Fm[/ch]        [ch]C#[/ch]  [ch]D#[/ch]          [ch]G#[/ch]\r\nBig John, Big Jo..hn..Big bad John..[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#[/ch]  [ch]G#[/ch]    \r\nBig John.[/tab]\r\n\r\n#10.\r\n[tab][ch]G#[/ch]                            [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nNow, they never reopened that worthless pit,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G#[/ch]                       [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nThey just placed a marble stand in front of it.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G#[/ch]                          [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nThese few words are written on that stand..[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G#[/ch]                          [ch]F#[/ch]                [ch]G#[/ch]\r\n'At the bottom of this mine, lies a big, big man, Big John.'[/tab]\r\n\r\nCHORUS:\r\n[tab]    [ch]Fm[/ch]        [ch]C#[/ch]  [ch]D#[/ch]         [ch]G#[/ch]\r\nBig John, Big Jo..hn..Big bad John..[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#[/ch]  [ch]G#[/ch]     \r\nBig John.[/tab]\r\n\r\nOUTRO:\r\n[tab][ch]F#[/ch]  [ch]G#[/ch]    [ch]F#[/ch]      [ch]G#[/ch]\r\nBig John..Big Bad John..(Fade.)[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nA sixties smash from Kraziekhat.","plain_text":"Big Bad John:Jimmy (Ray) Dean.\n#1 Hot 100..#1 Adult Contemp..#1 Country in 1961.\n\nINTRO:\n\n\n#1.\n\n\n\n#2.\n\n\n\nCHORUS:\n\n\n\n#3.\n\n\n\n#4.\n\n\n\n#5.\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS:\n\n\n\n#6.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n#7.\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS:\n\n\n\n#8.\n\n\n\n\n\n#9.\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS:\n\n\n\n#10.\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS:\n\n\n\nOUTRO:\n\n\n\nA sixties smash from Kraziekhat.","chords":["F","G","Em","C","D","G#","F#","Fm","C#","D#","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"Fm":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,1,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}