{"id":29266,"date":"2026-01-12T22:21:29","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T22:21:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=29266"},"modified":"2026-01-12T22:21:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T22:21:29","slug":"big-boned-gal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/big-boned-gal\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Boned Gal"},"content":{"rendered":"
BIG BONED GAL\r\nAs recorded by K.D. Lang\r\n(From the 1989 Album ABSOLUTE TORCH AND TWANG)\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n[Intro]\r\nA<\/span>\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse 1]\r\nA<\/span>\r\nShe was a big boned gal\r\nA<\/span>\r\nFrom southern Alberta\r\nA<\/span>\r\nYou just couldn't call her small\r\nA<\/span>\r\nAnd you can bet every Saturday night\r\nA<\/span>\r\nShe'd be heading for the legion hall\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse 2]\r\nA<\/span>\r\nPut her blue dress on\r\nA<\/span>\r\nAnd she'd curl her hair\r\nA<\/span>\r\nOh she's been waiting all week\r\n\r\nA<\/span>\r\nAnd with a bounce in her step\r\nA<\/span>\r\nAnd a wiggle in her walk\r\nA<\/span>\r\nShe'd be swinging down the street\r\n \r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\n          B7<\/span>\r\nYou could tell she was ready\r\nB7<\/span>\r\nBy the look in her eye\r\nB7<\/span>\r\nAs she slipped in through the crowd\r\n    D<\/span>\r\nShe walked with grace\r\nD<\/span>\r\nAs she entered the place\r\n                          E7<\/span>\r\nYa, the big boned gal was proud\r\n \r\n \r\n[Fiddle Solo]\r\nA\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse 3]\r\nA\r\nNow people would come\r\nA\r\nFrom miles around\r\nA\r\nAnd gather there to dance\r\nA\r\nBut when the big boned gal came shufflin' in\r\nA\r\nShe'd hold them in a trance\r\n \r\n \r\n[Bridge]\r\n          B7\r\nYou could tell she was ready\r\nB7\r\nBy the look in her eye\r\nB7\r\nAs she slipped in through the crowd\r\n    D\r\nShe walked with grace\r\nD\r\nAs she entered the place\r\n                          E7\r\nYa, the big boned gal was proud\r\n \r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\nA\r\nHey hey the big boned gal\r\nB7\r\nAin't no doubt she's a natural\r\nD7\r\nShakin' and a'snakin'\r\n      E                      A\r\nAnd a'breakin' up across the floor\r\nA\r\nHey hey the big boned gal\r\nB7\r\nAin't no doubt she's a natural\r\nD7\r\nReelin' and a'rockin'\r\n          E               A\r\nAnd she's yelling out for more\r\n \r\n \r\n[Interlude]\r\nA   B7   D7  E  A\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse 4]\r\nA\r\nShe was a big boned gal\r\nA\r\nFrom southern Alberta\r\nA\r\nYou just couldn't call her small\r\nA\r\nAnd you can bet every Saturday night\r\nA\r\nShe'd be heading for the legion hall\r\n \r\n \r\n[Bridge]\r\n          B7\r\nYou could tell she was ready\r\nB7\r\nBy the look in her eye\r\nB7\r\nAs she slipped in through the crowd\r\n    D\r\nShe walked with grace\r\nD\r\nAs she entered the place\r\n                          E7\r\nYa, the big boned gal was proud\r\n \r\n \r\n[Out-Chorus]\r\nA\r\nHey hey the big boned gal\r\nB7\r\nAin't no doubt she's a natural\r\nD7\r\nShakin' and a'snakin'\r\n      E                      A\r\nAnd a'breakin' up across the floor\r\nA\r\nHey hey the big boned gal\r\nB7\r\nAin't no doubt she's a natural\r\nD7\r\nReelin' and a'rockin'\r\n          E               A\r\nAnd she's yelling out for more\r\nA\r\nHey hey the big boned gal\r\nB7\r\nAin't no doubt she's a natural\r\nD7\r\nShakin' and a'snakin'\r\n      E                      A\r\nAnd a'breakin' up across the floor\r\nA\r\nHey hey the big boned gal\r\nB7\r\nAin't no doubt she's a natural\r\nD7\r\nReelin' and a'rockin'\r\n          E               A\r\nAnd she's yelling out for more\r\n
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BIG BONED GAL As recorded by K.D. Lang (From the 1989 Album ABSOLUTE TORCH AND TWANG) [Intro] A [Verse 1] A She was a big boned gal A From southern Alberta A You just couldn’t call her small A And you can bet every Saturday night A She’d be heading … CLICK TO VIEW SONGBig Boned Gal<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29266"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29266\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29267,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29266\/revisions\/29267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}