Chords:
{t:Big Strong Man, The}
{artist:Wolfe Tones}
{key: C}
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfSyNhgQsgE Capo 2
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Have you [C] heard about the big strong man,he lives in a cara-[G]van,
Have you heard about the Jeffery Johnson fight,[G7] Oh what a hell of a [C] fight,
[C] You can take all the heavy weights you got,we got a lad who will beat the whole [G] lot,
He used to ring the bells in the belfry,now he's going to fight Jack [C] Dempsey,
[C] Was my brother Sylvest, whats he got, a row of forty medals on his [G] chest, big chest
He killed fifty bad men in the west,he knows no [C] rest,
[C] Think of a man hell's fire don't push just shove plenty of room for you and me,
He's got an arm like a leg,and a punch that would sink a battle [G] ship big ship,
It takes all the army and the navy,to put the wind up Syl-[C]vest.
He [C] thought he'd take a trip to Italy,he thought that he'd go by [G] sea,
He jumped off the harbor in New York,he swam [G7] like a man made of [C] cork,
[C] He saw the Lusitania in distress,what he do,he put the Lusitania on his [G] chest,
He drank all the water in the sea,then he walked all the way to Ita-[C]ly,
[C] Was my brother Sylvest, what's he got, a row of forty medals on his [G] chest, big chest
He killed fifty bad men in the west,he knows no [C] rest,
[C] Think of a man hell's fire don't push just shove plenty of room for you and me,
He's got an arm like a leg,and a punch that would sink a battle [G] ship big ship,
It takes all the army and the navy,to put the wind up Syl-[C]vest.
He [C] thought he'd take a trip to old Japan,they turned out the whole brass [G] band,
He played every instrument they got,like a [G7] lad sure he beat the whole [C] lot,
[C] Now the old church bells will ring, hells fire, the whole church choir will [G] sing,
They all turned out to say farewell to my big brother Syl-[C]vest.
[C] Was my brother Sylvest, whats he got, a row of forty medals on his [G] chest, big chest
He killed fifty bad men in the west,he knows no [C] rest,
[C] Think of a man hell's fire don't push just shove plenty of room for you and me,
He's got an arm like a leg,and a punch that would sink a battle [G] ship big ship,
It takes all the army and the navy,to put the wind up Syl-[C]vest.
