Key: C major•
Verse 1
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John Henry was a little bitty boy
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G
No bigger than the palm of your hand
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C
little Johnny and said
Lord, Lord
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C
Johnny gonna be a steel -driving man
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John Henry was a steel -drivin' man
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hammer get me down
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I'll die with this hammer in my hand
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hand
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John Henry had a sweet little wife,
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her name was Polly An n
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and he couldn't go to work
Lord, Lord
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Polly drove that steel like a man
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to drive a steam hammer by his side
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C
He beat that drill to the end of the tunnel
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hammer and he died,
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and he died
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Oh, Lord, oh,
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John Henry was a steel -driving man
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hammer get me down
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I'll die with this hammer in my hand
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Lord, Lord want to die with
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ChordsC F G
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