Key: G
Introduction:
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Every moning at the mine you could see him arrive
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He stood six foot six and weighed 245
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Kinda broad at the shoulder and narrow at the hip
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And everybody knew you didn't give no lip to Big John.
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Big John, Big Jaw----won, Big Bad John.
Nobody seemed to know where John called home
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Then came one day at the bottom of the mine
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When a timber cracked and the men started crying
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Miners were paraying and their hearts beat fast
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And everybody thought they'd breathed their last 'cept John
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Through the dust and the smoke of this man made Hell
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Walked a giant of a man that the miners knew well
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Grabbed a sagging timber and gave out with a groan
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And like a giant oak tree just stood there alone Big John
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Big John, Big Jaw----won, Big Bad John
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With all of his strength he gave a mighty shove
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Then a miner yelled out "There's a light up above
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And 20 men scrambled from w would be grave
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Now there's only one left down there to save Big John
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With jacks and timbers they started back down
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Then came that rumble way down in the ground
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And smoke and gas belched from outta that mine
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Everybody knew it was the end of the line for Big John
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Big John, Big Jaw----won, Big Bad John.
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Now they never re-opened that worthless pit
They just placed a marble stand in front of it