John henry chords by
Charlie Daniels

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Key: G major•

Verse 1

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Music

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C

C

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C

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C

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Not all the heroes

in the old west herded cattle.

Some of them helped lay the silver

rails across this vast land.

They were hard -working men who worked from sun up till sun down,

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driving spikes and laying railroad track.

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Let me tell you about one of them.

John

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Henry was born on a cold, cloudy day

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When the sun refused to shine

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The very first sound

John

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Henry ever heard

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Was the mail train rattling down the line

Yes, it was the mail train rat

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tling down the line

When

John

Henry was a little bitty boy

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No bigger than the palm of your hand

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He picked up a hammer and

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a little piece of steel

He said,

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Johnny gonna be a steel -driving man,

yes he is

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Johnny gonna be a steel -driving man

Gun to

Henry, he said to the captain I was born

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to be a steel -drivin' man

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I swing a nine -pound hammer

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like a bulldog swings his chain

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I can drive more steel than anybody can

Try me out

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I can drive more steel than anybody can

And the captain said to

John

Henry

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I don't know what I'd use you for

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I got a steam drill coming on that

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southbound evening train

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I don't need no steel drivers anymore,

no I don't

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I don't need me no steel drivers anymore

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Well they brought that

steam drill out on the job

Here comes

John

Henry with a hammer in each hand

John

Henry, said to

Captain

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I know I ain't nothin' but a man

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But before I let that old

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steam drill beat me down

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I'd die with my hammer in my hand

You watch me

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I'd die with my hammer in my hand

They brought that steam

drill out to the

Shenandoah

Cut

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The captain, he started to laugh

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But every time that steam drilled

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Laid a mile of track

John

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Henry laid a mile and a half

Sparks were flying

John

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Henry laid a mile and a half

There's an awful lot of stories

About the legends of the

West

Stories about them hard working men

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But when it comes to driving steel

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Everybody ought to know

Oh,

John

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Henry was the best there's

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ever been

John

Henry, he had him a little baby boy

Named him

Abraham

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When the people would see

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That little boy, they'd say

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He's the son of that steel -driving man

Must be proud

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He's the son of that steel -driving man

Cause

John

Henry was a steel -driving man

So then,

John

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Henry was a steel -drivin' man

Outro 1

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