Big Ball In Town chords

The Kingston Trio

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Intro: G 

                                   C           G 
Well, it's a big ball in Boston, a big ball in town 
                      F                G 
A big ball in Boston, I'm gonna get on down 

Verse 
G 
The birthplace of our nation is Boston, so they say 
                                        C              G 
They try to keep it as it was, but it's changing every day 

                        C           G 
A big ball in Boston, a big ball in town 
                      F                G 
A big ball in Boston, I'm gonna get on down 

Verse 
G 
We met a chap from Harvard, very slim and pale 
                                  C                       G 
Last time that we saw him, he was dancing with a cat from Yale 
G 
And just a mile from Harvard's a campus you should see 
N.C.         C       G 
M I C K E Y  M O U S E 

                                   C           G 
Well, it's a big ball in Boston, a big ball in town 
                      F                G 
A big ball in Boston, I'm gonna get on down 

Verse 
G 
The Red Coats, they were comin', their cloth was made of tweed 
                                               C             G 
Some say their shirts were button down, the tradition is Ivy League 

                        C           G 
A big ball in Boston, a big ball in town 
                      F                G 
A big ball in Boston, I'm gonna get on down 

Instrumental 
G    C  G    F  G 
G    C  G    F  G 

Verse 
G 
The folks who come from Boston are said to be quite dated 
G                            C 
So whadda ya have to say, my friend? 
 N.C. 
"Well, lemme say this, that uh, Bobby and uh, Teddy and I made it" 

            G                     C           G 
It's been a big ball in Boston, a big ball in town 
                      F                G 
A big ball in Boston, I'm gonna get on down 

                        C           G 
A big ball in Boston, a big ball in town 
                      F                G 
A big ball in Boston, I'm gonna get on down 
F                G 
I'm gonna get on down 
F                G 
I'm gonna get on down....