Bobby Bare – Big Ben Colson (Guitar)
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Chords
As recorded by Bobby Bare
(From the 1969 Album (MARGIE'S AT) THE LINCOLN PARK INN AND
OTHER CONTROVERSIAL COUNTRY SONGS)
[Intro]
C
[Verse 1]
C G7 C G7 C She was young and she was pretty a victim of a rich man's whim C7 F C G7 C When she met a wealthy gentleman Big Ben Colson and she had a child by him
[Verse 2]
C G7 C G7 C Well he promised her a wedding that would give their child a name C7 F C G7 C C7 But she waited at the altar till the sunset but her Big Ben never came
[Chorus]
F C G C But she's not a bad girl didn't mean no wrong F C G7 C A7 D She just loved the wrong man much too strong
[Verse 3]
D A7 D A7 D Now he sits with the dignitaries and the wealthy ladies all love his charms D7 G D A7 D D7 While she sits in a lonely shack in Alabama with his baby in her arms
[Out-Chorus]
G D A D But she's not a bad girl didn't mean no wrong G D A7 D A7 D She just loved the wrong man much too strong