Biography:
Jimmy Dean (August 10, 1928 Olton, Texas - June 13, 2010 Varina, Virginia) was an American singer, actor, and businessman who became a professional entertainer following a stint in the U.S. Air Force in the late 1940s. He was born Jimmy Ray Dean (not Seth Ward, as is sometimes stated - Seth Ward is the district of Plainview, Texas where he grew up).
He became the host of the popular Washington D.C. TV program Town and Country Time and, with his Texas Wildcats, became regional favorites.
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Other songs:
- A Million Tears From Now
- A Rose Is A Rose Is A Rose
- Abide With Me
- Beautiful Isle Of Somewhere
- Big Bad John
- Big Blue Diamonds
- Carolina Moon
- Everybody Knows
- First Thing Every Morning
- I Wont Go Hunting With You Jake
- Itll Be Easy
- Jean
- Let The Rest Of The World Go By
- Lets Talk About Love
- Little Black Book
- Love Looks Good On You
- My Heart Is An Open Book
- Never Is A Long Long Day
- Night Train To Memphis
- Nine Pound Hammer
- P T 109
- Sam Hill
- Shutters And Boards
- Stand Beside Me
- Sweet Misery
- That New Old Fashioned Love
- This Ole House
- Youre Nobody Till Somebody Loves You
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F G
(Big John)
F G
(Big John)
(Mmmmmm)
G F
Every moning at the mine you could see him arrive
G F
He stood six foot six and weighed 245
G F
Kinda broad at the shoulder and narrow at the hip
G F G
And everybody knew you didn't give no lip to Big John.
Em C D G
(Big John, Big Jo----ohn), Big Bad John.
(Mmmmm)
F G
(Big John)
F
(MMm)
G F
Nobody seemed to know where John called home
G F
He just drifted into town and stayed all alone
G F
Didn't say much a-kinda quiet and shy
G F
And if you spoke at all you just said high to Big John
G F
(Mmmmm) (Mmmm)
G F
Somebody said he came down from New Orleans
G F
Where he got in a fight over a Cajun Queen
G F
And a crashin blow from a huge right hand
G F
Sent a Louisiana fellow to the Promised Land Big John
(Chorus)
Em C D G
(Big John, Big Jo----ohn), Big Bad John.
(Mmmmm)
F G
(Big John)
F
(MMm)
G F
Then came one day at the bottom of the mine
G F
When a timber cracked and the men started crying
G F
Miners were paraying and their hearts beat fast
G F
And everybody thought they'd breathed their last 'cept
G F
John (Mmmmm)
G F
Through the dust and the smoke of this man made Hell
G F
Walked a giant of a man that the miners knew well
G F
Grabbed a sagging timber and gave out with a groan
G F G
And like a giant oak tree just stood there alone Big John
Em C D G
(Big John, Big Jo----ohn), Big Bad John.
(Mmmmm)
G G#
(Big John)
F#
(MMm)
G# F#
With all of his strength he gave a mighty shove
G# F#
Then a miner yelled out "There's a light up above
G# F#
And 20 men scrambled from w would be grave
G# F#
Now there's only one left down there to save Big
G# F#
John (Mmmm)
G# F#
With jacks and timbers they started back down
G# F#
Then came that rumble way down in the ground
G# F#
And smoke and gas belched from outta that mine
G# F# G#
Everybody knew it was the end of the line for Big John
Fm C# D# G#
(Big John, Big Jo----ohn), Big Bad John.
(Mmmmm)
F# G#
(Big John)
F#
(Mmm)
G# F#
Now they never re-opened that worthless pit
G# F#
They just placed a marble stand in front of it
G# 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".
Fm C# D#--Short G#
(Big John, Big Jo----ohn), Big Bad John.
(Mmmmm)
F# G#
(Big John)
F# G#
Big John
(Big John)
F G
(Big John)
(Mmmmmm)
G F
Every moning at the mine you could see him arrive
G F
He stood six foot six and weighed 245
G F
Kinda broad at the shoulder and narrow at the hip
G F G
And everybody knew you didn't give no lip to Big John.
Em C D G
(Big John, Big Jo----ohn), Big Bad John.
(Mmmmm)
F G
(Big John)
F
(MMm)
G F
Nobody seemed to know where John called home
G F
He just drifted into town and stayed all alone
G F
Didn't say much a-kinda quiet and shy
G F
And if you spoke at all you just said high to Big John
G F
(Mmmmm) (Mmmm)
G F
Somebody said he came down from New Orleans
G F
Where he got in a fight over a Cajun Queen
G F
And a crashin blow from a huge right hand
G F
Sent a Louisiana fellow to the Promised Land Big John
(Chorus)
Em C D G
(Big John, Big Jo----ohn), Big Bad John.
(Mmmmm)
F G
(Big John)
F
(MMm)
G F
Then came one day at the bottom of the mine
G F
When a timber cracked and the men started crying
G F
Miners were paraying and their hearts beat fast
G F
And everybody thought they'd breathed their last 'cept
G F
John (Mmmmm)
G F
Through the dust and the smoke of this man made Hell
G F
Walked a giant of a man that the miners knew well
G F
Grabbed a sagging timber and gave out with a groan
G F G
And like a giant oak tree just stood there alone Big John
Em C D G
(Big John, Big Jo----ohn), Big Bad John.
(Mmmmm)
G G#
(Big John)
F#
(MMm)
G# F#
With all of his strength he gave a mighty shove
G# F#
Then a miner yelled out "There's a light up above
G# F#
And 20 men scrambled from w would be grave
G# F#
Now there's only one left down there to save Big
G# F#
John (Mmmm)
G# F#
With jacks and timbers they started back down
G# F#
Then came that rumble way down in the ground
G# F#
And smoke and gas belched from outta that mine
G# F# G#
Everybody knew it was the end of the line for Big John
Fm C# D# G#
(Big John, Big Jo----ohn), Big Bad John.
(Mmmmm)
F# G#
(Big John)
F#
(Mmm)
G# F#
Now they never re-opened that worthless pit
G# F#
They just placed a marble stand in front of it
G# 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".
Fm C# D#--Short G#
(Big John, Big Jo----ohn), Big Bad John.
(Mmmmm)
F# G#
(Big John)
F# G#
Big John
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