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Intro
harmonica: Eb D Bb G g F Eb D
Bb/F
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Bb Eb G# Eb C#
Big man in town
Verse 1:
C# F# G#
Each day as I grow older
C# F# G#
The nights are getting colder
C# F#maj7 G# C#/G# F#/G# G#
Some day the sun will shine on me
C# F# G#
Money, I don't have any
C# F# G#
I'm down to my last penny
C# F#maj7 G# C# F
But darlin' don't cry over me
Chorus
Bb Eb F
I'll be a big man in town, honest honey
Bb Eb F
I'll be a big man in town, promise darlin'
Bb Eb F G# C7/G Ebm6/F#
I'll be a big man in town, just you wait and see
F7 Bb Eb
You'll be proud of me
G# Eb C#
Big man in town
Verse 2:
They think that I'm a rover
But my rovin' days are over
Some day your folks will welcome me
I went away a small man
But I'll come home a tall man
Then what a pretty bride you'll be
[repeat chorus]
Coda:
G# Eb C# C#7
(Big man in town)
F#/C# F#m/C# C# C#7
I'm gonna make it, just wait and see
F#/C# F#m/C# C# C#7
Oh, I'm gonna make it, just wait and see
F#/C# F#m/C# C# C#7 F#/C# F#m/C#
Girl I'm gonna make it, just wait and see
Db [oboe: Gb F Eb F]
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