Boogie Man Boogie-Chet Atkins/The Kings Of Rhythm

[ti:Big Bad John] [ar:Jimmy Dean] [al:Country Favourites, Vol. 11: Great Stories] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Boogie Man Boogie - Chet Atkins (查特·阿特金斯)/The Kings Of Rhythm [00:01.22]Big John [00:01.93] [00:03.58]Big John [00:04.64] [00:07.10]Ev'ry mornin' at the mine you could see him arrive [00:09.33]He stood six foot six and weighed two forty five [00:12.26]Kinda broad at the shoulder and narrow at the hip [00:15.23]And everybody knew ya didn't give no lip to Big John [00:18.26] [00:19.87](Big John Big John) [00:23.77] [00:25.40]Big Bad John [00:27.10](Big John) [00:29.30] [00:31.40]Nobody seemed to know where John called home [00:33.80]He just drifted into town and stayed all alone [00:36.91]He didn't say much he kinda quiet and shy [00:39.69]And if you spoke at all he just said "Hi" to Big John [00:42.82] [00:44.96]Somebody said he came from New Orleans [00:47.70]Where he got in a fight over a Cajun Queen [00:50.40]And a crashin' blow from a huge right hand [00:53.19]Sent a Louisiana fellow to the Promised Land Big John [00:56.24] [00:57.53](Big John Big John) [01:03.08] [01:03.64]Big Bad John [01:05.04] [01:06.43](Big John) [01:07.55] [01:09.46]Then came the day at the bottom of the mine [01:12.14]When a timber cracked and men started cryin' [01:15.39]Miners were prayin' and hearts beat fast [01:17.73]And everybody thought that they'd breathed their last 'cept John [01:21.02] [01:23.24]Through the dust and the smoke of this man made shell [01:25.92]Walked a giant of a man that the miners knew well [01:28.62]Grabbed a saggin' timber gave out with a groan [01:31.42]And like a giant Oak tree he just stood there alone Big John [01:34.83] [01:35.70](Big John Big John) [01:42.36]Big Bad John [01:44.06](Big John) [01:47.05] [01:48.24]And with all of his strength he gave a mighty shove [01:50.82]Then a miner yelled out "There's a light up above" [01:53.47]And twenty men scrambled from a would-be grave [01:56.67]Now there's only one left down there to save Big John [01:59.83] [02:01.96]With jacks and timbers they started back down [02:04.65]Then came that rumble way down in the ground [02:07.63]And then smoke and gas belched out of that mine [02:10.23]Everybody knew it was the end of the line for Big John [02:14.22](Big John Big John) [02:20.90]Big Bad John [02:22.72](Big John) [02:25.53] [02:26.77]Now they never reopened that worthless pit [02:29.45]They just placed a marble stand in front of it [02:32.10] [02:32.68]These few words are written on that stand [02:35.46] [02:36.88]At the bottom of this mine lies a big big man Big John [02:43.25] [02:43.77](Big John Big John) [02:49.90]Big Bad John [02:51.65](Big John) [02:53.97] [02:54.52](Big John) [02:57.02]Big Bad John