Ballad Of Big Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
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[Csus4][C][Csus4][C][Cm]

[Verse 1]
[Cm]Big Jim Cooley commanded respect,
whatever he wanted he could get
The [Fm]badge on his waistcoat shone in the sun
It [Gm]ain't no lie,
Big Jim was feared by everyone
[Cm]

[Verse 2]
In the saloon one evening Big took a bet
with a rancher whose name I forget
[F]He wan[Fm]ted a herd taken over the plain
He [Gm]called Jim "Yellow",
he'll never do [G]that [F]again[C]

[Interlude 1]
He got mad
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[Verse 3]
[C]He threw his badge on the[G] flo[F]or
and [G]walked [C]out[G]
[F]He's gonna give it [G]a try,
[C]he [G]lef[F]t no doubt[C]
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[Verse 4]
"Must be [F]mad,
[C]he must be [F]mad"

[Interlude 2]
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[Verse 5]
[C]The people wished him[G] wel[F]l,
and [G]good [C]luck
"Hell, [G]I don't n[F]eed i[G]t!" He l[C]aughed,
got on his [F]horse and rode [C]away

[Interlude 3]
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[Verse 6]
[Fm]Over on [Cm]the trail,
Jim 'n' his crew of five
Were trying their best to
keep the cattle alive
The [Fm]weather was hard,
but so were the men
Though I [Gm]don't think even
Jim will try this [Cm]try again

[Verse 7]
His [Cm]horses were edgy,
sensing trouble ahead
But the trouble didn't start
till the men were in bed
A- [Fm]whooping and a- hollering
and flashing their knives
[G]Big and [Gm]his men were jumped
by an all- [G]star [F]Indian [C]tribe

[Verse 8]
He was [F]scared,
[C]Big Jim was[F] scared

[Interlude 4]
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[Verse 9]
[C]Alive, they called him[G] luc[F]ky,
[G]but not [C]today
[G]'cause he [F]died like [G]all good cow[C]boys
with his [F]boots on next to [G]his [C]men
[F]Big

[Verse 10]
[Csus4]Jim, he still won'[C]t lie down
For [Csus4]him the b[C]et is s[Csus4]till on[C][F][C]
Some say he rides [Csus4]there, cursing st[C]ill
Some say they've [Csus4]seen him

[Outro 1]
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