BIG JOE MUFFERAW Written Bystompin' Tom Connors Chorus 1: A7 Heave-Hi, G Heave-Hi- D Ho

BIG JOE MUFFERAW written byStompin' Tom Connors
Chorus 1:
[A7] Heave-hi, [G] heave-hi-[D]ho
The [D] best man in Ottawa was [A7] Mufferaw Joe…

[A7]…Mufferaw [D] Joe [D]
Chorus 2:
[D] Big Joe Mufferaw [G] paddled into Mattawa
[D] All the way from Ottawa in [D] just one [A7] day - hey-[A7]hey
[D] On the river Ottawa the [G] best man we ever saw
Was [D] Big Joe Mufferaw the [A7] old folks say
Come and [D] listen and I'll tell you what the [A7] old folks [D] say [D]
And they [D] say Big Joe had an [G] old pet frog
[D] Bigger than a horse and he [A7] barked like a dog
And the [D] only thing quicker than a [G] train upon a track
Was [D] Big Joe riding on the [A7] bull-frog's [D] back
Chorus 1:
[A7] Heave-hi, [G] heave-hi-[D]ho
The [D] best man in Ottawa was [A7] Mufferaw Joe…

[A7]…Mufferaw [D] Joe [D]
And they [D] say Big Joe used to [G] get real wet
From [D] cutting down timber and [A7] working up a sweat
And [D] everyone’ll tell you around [G] Carlton Place
The [D] Mississippi dripped off of [A7] Big Joe's [D] face
Chorus 1:
[A7] Heave-hi, [G] heave-hi-[D]ho
The [D] best man in Ottawa was [A7] Mufferaw Joe…

[A7]…Mufferaw [D] Joe [D]
Now [D] Joe had the portage from the [G] Gatineau down
To [D] see a little girl he had in [A7] Kemptville town
He was [D] back and forth so many times to [G] see that gal
The [D] path he wore became the [A7] Rideau [D] Canal
Chorus 1:
[A7] Heave-hi, [G] heave-hi-[D]ho
The [D] best man in Ottawa was [A7] Mufferaw Joe…

[A7]…Mufferaw [D] Joe [D]

Chorus 2:
[D] Big Joe Mufferaw [G] paddled into Mattawa
[D] All the way from Ottawa in [D] just one [A7] day - hey-[A7]hey
[D] On the river Ottawa the [G] best man we ever saw
Was [D] Big Joe Mufferaw the [A7] old folks say
Come and [D] listen and I'll tell you what the [A7] old folks [D] say [D]
Now they [D] say Big Joe put out a [G] forest fire,
Half-[D]way between Renfrew and [A7] old Arnprior
He was [D] fifty miles away down a-[G]round Smith Falls
But he [D] drowneded out the fire with [A7] five spit-[D]balls
Chorus 1:
[A7] Heave-hi, [G] heave-hi-[D]ho
The [D] best man in Ottawa was [A7] Mufferaw Joe…

[A7]…Mufferaw [D] Joe [D]
And he [D] jumped into the Calabogie [G] Lake real fast
And he [D] swam both ways to catch a [A7] cross-eyed-bass
But he [D] threw it on the ground and said “I [G] can't eat that”
So he [D] covered it over with [A7] Mount Saint [D] Pat
Chorus 1:
[A7] Heave-hi, [G] heave-hi-[D]ho
The [D] best man in Ottawa was [A7] Mufferaw Joe…

[A7]…Mufferaw [D] Joe [D]
And they [D] say Big Joe drank a [G] bucket of gin
And he [D] beat the livin’ tar out of [A7] twenty-nine men
And [D] high on the ceiling of the [G] Pembroke Pub
There’s [D] twenty-nine boot marks and they’re [A7] signed with [D] love

Chorus 1:
[A7] Heave-hi, [G] heave-hi-[D]ho
The [D] best man in Ottawa was [A7] Mufferaw Joe…

[A7]…Mufferaw [D] Joe [D]