Big Strong Man [G] Have you [G] heard about the big strong man, he lives in a cara[D] van Have you heard about the Jeffrey Johnson fight, [D7] oh what a hell of a [G] fight You can take all the heavy weights you got, we got a lad who will beat the whole [D] lot He used to ring the bells in the belfry, now he's going to fight Jack [G] Dempsey Chorus He was my brother Sylvest, (what's he got?) A row of 40 medals on his [D] chest (big chest) He killed 50 bad men in the West, he knows no [G] rest, [NC] Think of a man, hells fire, don't push, just shove Plenty of room for you and me He's got an [G] arm, like a leg (a ladies leg) And a punch that would sink a battle [D] ship (big ship) It takes all the Army and the Navy to put the wind up [G] Sylvest Well he thought he'd take a trip to Italy He thought that he'd go by the [D] sea He jumped off the harbour in New York And swam like a man made of [G] cork He saw the Lusitania in distress (What he do?) He put the Lusitania on his [D] chest (Big chest) He drank all the water in the sea And he walked all the way to [G] Italy Chorus That was my brother Sylvest, (what's he got?) A row of 40 medals on his [D] chest (big chest) He killed 50 bad men in the West, he knows no [G] rest, [NC] Think of a man, hells fire, don't push, just shove Plenty of room for you and me He's got an [G] arm, like a leg (a ladies leg) And a punch that would sink a battle [D] ship (big ship) It takes all the Army and the Navy to put the wind up [G] Sylvest Well he thought he'd take a trip to old Japan They turned out the whole brass [D] band He played every instrument they got Like a lad sure he beat the whole [G] lot And the old church bells will ring (hells bells) The old church choir will [D] sing (hells fire) They all turned out, to say farewell to my big brother [G] Sylvest Chorus That was my brother Sylvest, (what's he got?) A row of 40 medals on his [D] chest (big chest) He killed 50 bad men in the West, he knows no [G] rest, [NC] Think of a man, hells fire, don't push, just shove Plenty of room for you and me He's got an [G] arm, like a leg (a ladies leg) And a punch that would sink a battle [D] ship (big ship) It takes all the Army and the Navy to put the wind up [G] Sylvest