Ballad Of Big (Philip Collins 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]barge on his waist,
gold shone in the sun
It [Gm]ain't no lie,
but Big Jim was feared by [Cm]everyone
In the saloon one evening,
Big took a bend
With the rancher, whose name I forget
[F]He [Fm]wanted a hug, taking over the play
And he [Gm]called Jim
Younger, you'll never do [G]that again
[F]Hey[C], he got mad[F][C][F][C][F][C][G]
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[G]He [C]threw his badge on the[G] flo[F]or
I [G]walked [C]out[G]
[F]He's gonna get [G]it [C]right
[G]He [F]left no dou[C]bt[F][C]
Must be [F]mad[C]
He must [F]be [C]mad[F][C][G][F]
[G]Did [C]people wish to [G]wear
[F]No goo[G]d luc[C]k
Well, [G]I don't n[F]eed i[G]t, he lied
[C]Got on his hor[F]se and rode
[C]away[Fm][C][Fm]
Out on [Cm]the trail,
Jim and his crew were fine
We're trying our best to
keep the candle light
The [Fm]weather was hot, but so were the men
Oh, I [Gm]don't think even Pete
will drive this [Cm]trip again
His horses were edgy,
sensing trouble ahead
But the trouble didn't start
until the men were in bed
A [Fm]-hooping and a -hollering
and flashing their knives
[G]Pete [Gm]isn't what
you'll find on [G]the start
[F]He didn't [C]drive
He was [F]scared[C]
Big Jim [F]escaped[C][F][C][G][F][G]
[C]An d now they call [G]him
[F]Lucky, [G]not today
[C]Cau[G]se he die[F]d like all[G] the cowboy[C]s
With his [F]boots on next to [G]his name
[C]Big[F] Jim[Csus4], he still won't l[C]ie down
For [Csus4]him, the [C]bed [Csus4]is still [C]on[F][C]
Some say he lies [Csus4]there
Cursing [C]still, some say they've [Csus4]seen him[C][Csus4][C]
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