John henry chords by
Charlie Daniels

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Key: G major

Verse 1
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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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C C 
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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

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