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