Jimmy Dean Chords and Lyrics
- Big Bad John
- I Won't Go Huntin' With You Jake
- P.T. 109
- To A Sleeping Beauty Lyrics
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Big Bad John - Jimmy Dean
KEY: G
(Big John), (Big John)
(Spoken) [G] Ever' mornin' the mine you could see him arrive
He stood [C] six-foot six and weighed two forty-five
Kinda [D] broad at the shoulders and narrow at the hip
Ever'-[G] body knew you didn't [D] give no "lip", to Big [G] John;
(Big [C] John), (Big [D] John), Big Bad [G] John, [D] (Big [G] John).
Nobody seemed to know where John called home
He just drifted into town and stayed all alone
He didn't say much, kinda quiet and shy
And if you spoke at all, you just said hi, to Big John;
Somebody said he came from New Orleans
Where he got in a fight over a Cajun Queen
And a crashin' blow from a huge right hand
Sent a Louisana fellow to the promised land, Big John;
(Big [C] John), (Big [D] John), Big Bad [G] John, [D] (Big [G] John).
Then came the day at the bottom of the mine
When a timber cracked and men started cryin'
Miners were prayin' and hearts beat fast
And ever'body tho't that they'd breathed their last, 'cept John;
Thru the dust and the smoke of this man made hell
Walked a giant of a man that the miners knew well
Grabbed a sagging timber and gave out with a groan
And like a giant Oak tree just stood there alone, Big John;
(Big [C] John), (Big [D] John), Big Bad [G] John, [D] (Big [G] John).
CHANGE TO A:
With all of his strength, he gave a mighty shove
Then a miner yelled out, there's a light up above
And twenty men scrambled from a would-be grave
And now there's only one left down there to save, Big John;
With jacks and timbers they started back down
Then came that rumble way down in the ground
And smoke and gas belched out of that mine
And ever'body knew it was the end of the line, for Big John;
(Big [C] John), (Big [D] John), Big Bad [G] John, [D] (Big [G] John).
Now they never reopened that worthless pit
They just placed a marble stand in front of it
These few words are written on that stand
At the bottom of this mine likes a big, big man, Big John;
(Big John), (Big John), Big Bad John, (Big John), (fade) (Big John).
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I Won't Go Huntin' With You Jake - Jimmy Dean
[D] Oh, it's springtime in the mountains
And I'm full of mountain [A7] dew
Can't even read my catalog
Like I used to [D] do
I'm a-settin' in that little shed
That's right [D7] back of the [G] house
Here's [A7] comes old Jake with all the hounds
But he's gonna hear me [D] shout.
CHORUS:
[D] Oh, I won't go huntin' with you, Jake
But I'll go chasin' [A7] women
So put them hounds back in the pens
And quit your silly [D] grinin'
Well, the moon is bright, and I'm half tight
My [D7] life is just be-[G] ginin'
I [A7] won't go huntin' with you, Jake
But I'll go chasin' [D] women.
Let's go down to the meetin' house
And wait till they start home
Them gals that live on Possum Creek
We'll always leave alone
We'll run them down the corn rows
Them sassy little misses
We'll scare them pretty gals to death
We'll stop and throw 'em kisses.
CHORUS:
Now, go wash your face and comb your hair
'Cause it's durn near time to start
But let me tell you 'fore you go
There's one that's got my heart
Don't chase that gal with the yaller hair
And wears a dress of green
For that little gal belongs to me
I know she's past sixteen.
CHORUS:
Now I was headed for the general store
When a silly thing I seen
They make 'em in the city
It's called a magazine
I turned to page thirty-two
And look at what I found
Them gals wear clothes that we ain't seen
Beneath them gingham gowns.
CHORUS:
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P.T. 109 - Jimmy Dean
[D] In forty-three, they [G] put to sea
[D] Thirteen men and [A7] Ken-ne-[D]dy
Aboard the P. T. [G] 109
To [D] fight the brazen [A7] ene-[D] my
And off the Isle of [G] OLASANA
[D] In the straits be-[A7] yond the [D] "ROO"
A Jap destroyer [G] in the night
[D] Cut the One-O-[A7] Nine in [D] two.
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[A7] Smoke and fire upon the sea
[D] Ev'rywhere they looked was the enemy
[A7] The heathen gods of old Japan; Yea, they thought [D] [P]
They had the best of a mighty good man. [D]
And on the coast of KOLOMBANGARO; Looking through his telescope
Australia's Evans saw the battle; For the crew had little hope
Two were dead - some were wounded; All were clinging to the bow
Fightin' fire and a-fightin' water; Tryin' to save their lives somehow.
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McMahon the Irishman - was burned so badly he couldn't swim
Leave me here, go on he said; 'Cause if you don't, we'll all be dead
The P. T. skipper couldn't leave him; A man to die alone at sea
And with a strap 'tween his teeth; He towed the Irishman through the
sea.
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He led his men through waters dark; Rocky reefs and hungry sharks
Braved the enemies bayonets; A thirty-eight hung 'round his neck
Four more days and four more nights; A rescue boat pulled into sight
The P. T. 109 was gone - but Kennedy and his crew lived on.
(Talk) Now who could guess - or who could possibly know
That this same man named Kennedy; W-o-u-l-d;
Be the leader of the nation; Be the one to take command
The P. T. 109 was gone - but Kennedy lived to fight again
Smoke and fire upon the sea; Ev'rywhere they looked was the enemy
But J. F. K. and his crew lived on ...
(Talk) Which proves it's hard to get the best of a man named John.
TAG: Big John, Big John, (fade) Big John, Big John.
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To A Sleeping Beauty - Jimmy Dean
Dear daughter, I tiptoed in your room tonight and I looked down at
you smilin' in your sleep. You were so lovely my heart nearly broke;
and I thought how much like Sleeping Beauty a little girl is. When I
tuck you in at night I never know how old you'll be when you wake. One
evening you crawl on your dad's lap and throw your arms around his neck,
the next morning you might be much too grown up for that sort of thing.
You're so quickly approaching the awkward age, too young to drive the
car and yet too old to be carried in the house half asleep on daddy's
shoulder. I have a secret that I've never told you, Sleeping Beauty,
you're going on a very exciting trip. You'll travel from yesterday all
the way to tomorrow. It's a rapid journey and you'll travel light,
leaving behind you - measles, mumps, freckles, bumps, bubble gum and me.
I promise not to feel too hurt when you discover that the world is more
important than your daddy's lap. Yesterday you were blue jeans and pig tails,
the neighborhood's best tree climber. Tomorrow you'll be blue organdy and
pony tails and you'll view the world from a loftier perch - a pair of high
heel shoes.
Yesterday you could mend a doll's broken leg with a hug; tomorrow you'll
be able to break a young man's heart with a kiss. Humh! Humh! Yesterday you
could get lost one aisle away from me at a supermarket - now I have to worry
about losing you down another aisle to some strange young man. You see,
just at the point where you're growing pains stop, mine begins. Yesterday
you were kind of a pain in the neck when you were around, tomorrow you'll
be an ache in my heart when your not.
Tomorrow you'll lay aside your jump rope and tie up the telephone lines
and that little boy that used to push you in the mud; well, he'll fight to
sit out a dance with you. The clock is countin' the minutes for you and the
sky upstairs is savin' its' brighest stars; - and the sun is waitin' with
its' shiniest day.
Oh I, I can't expect you to live in a doll house forever. Sooner or later,
the butterfly sheds it's cocoon and the smallest bird must try its wings.
But when you grow up and out of my arms; when you finally get too big for my
shirts, I'll still recall how you used to scatter dust and dolls and
partially
through ev'ry room in the house; but you spread sunshine too. The dust is
settled, your mom picked up the dolls; - but the sunshine will always fill
the corners of our hearts.
So, here I am talking in your sleep, because, well if you saw this look on
my face, you'd laugh and if I spoke with this lump in my throat, I'd cry.
Yea! honey when I looked at you tonight you were a Sleeping Beauty. So, I
tiptoed over and I kissed you - you didn't wake up, I knew you wouldn't.
According to the legend only the handsome young prince can open your eyes
and I'm just the father of the future bride.
So you sleep on pretty thing, tomorrow you'll wake and you'll be a young
lady and you won't even realize that you've changed courses in the middle
of a dream. But you might notice a little change in me; I'll look a little
different somehow. A little sadder, a little wiser, but a whole lot richer.
Tonight, I kissed a princess and I feel like a king.
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