Intro:

	harmonica: Eb D Bb G g F Eb D

	Bb&F
	 & . . .  & . . .

	Bb   Eb     Ab  Eb  Db
	        Big man in town

Verse 1:

	Db         Gb       Ab
	Each day as I grow older
	Db              Gb     Ab
	The nights are getting colder
	Db          Gbmaj7     Ab     Db&Ab  Gb&Ab  Ab
	Some day the sun will shine on me

	Db       Gb         Ab
	Money, I don't have any
	Db          Gb      Ab
	I'm down to my last penny
	Db          Gbmaj7     Ab  Db   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                Ab  C7&G  Ebm6&Gb
	I'll be a big man in town, just you wait and see
	 F7                Bb  Eb
	You'll be proud of me

	    Ab  Eb  Db
	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:

	     Ab  Eb  Db   Db7
	(Big man in town)

	          Gb&Db   Gbm&Db              Db  Db7
	I'm gonna make it,      just wait and see
	              Gb&Db   Gbm&Db              Db  Db7
	Oh, I'm gonna make it,      just wait and see
	               Gb&Db   Gbm&Db              Db  Db7  Gb&Db  Gbm&Db
	Girl I'm gonna make it,      just wait and see

	Db [oboe: Gb F Eb F]