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John Henry chords by 
Ed Ames
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Verse 1
Am
C
Am
C
Am
When John
A
Henry was a little baby
Am
A
Am
A
Sit tin' on his
Am
A
mammy's knee
Bb
E
Am
Well, he stuck out his hand
D
and he grabbed a piece of steel
Bb
Am
C
Am
This is gonna be the death of me,
C
D
Lord, Lord
F
Db
Yes, it's gonna be the death
Bb
F
Am
of me
Well, the captain said to John Henry
A
E
Gonna bring a steam drill around
A
Am
D
F
Gonna take that steam drill out of the job
D
F
D
A
Gonna hop that steel on down,
D
Lord, Lord
F
Bb
C#
D
C#
Gonna hop that steel on
A
Am
A
Am
down
A
Bb
Well, John Henry said to the captain
F
Lord, a man ain't nothin' but a man
Bb
Eb
But before I let that old steam drill
beat me down
Bb
Gonna die with that hammer in my hand,
Eb
Lord, Lord
Gonna die with that hammer
Bb
Bb
in my hand
Bb
And John Henry said to the shaker,
F
Shaker, why don't you sing?
Bb
Well, I'm throwing twelve pounds
Eb
from my hips on down
Bb
Eb
And listen to the cold steel ring, Lord, Lord,
Bb
Db
Bb
Eb
just listen to the cold steel ring
Cb
Well, the captain said to John Henry,
F#
I believe this mountain's sinking in
B
E
Well, John Henry, look at the captain
And he say, ain't nothin' but my hammer suckin' wind,
B
E
Lord, Lord
Nothin' but my hammer
B
E
suckin' wind
B
C#
Nothin' but my hammer suckin' wind,
B
Lord, Lord
Well, John Henry said to the captain
Hey, captain, look at yonder water,
you see
F#
B
Well, you're dilt -and -broke
E
and you're hole -down -choke
B
E
B
And you can't drive steel like me,
E
Lord, Lord
Bm
E
B
E
B
C#
You can't drive steel like me
Bb
C
Well, Henry was hammerin'
on the mountain
G
And his hammer was a strikin' fire
C
Well, he drove so hard
F
that he broke his poor heart
C
He laid down his hammer and he died,
Lord, Lord
He laid down his hammer and he died
Db
They took John Henry to the graveyard
Ab
And they buried him in the sand
Db
Loadin' every locomotive,
Gb
come rovin' on by
Db
Gb
Db
Say, there lies a steel drivin' man
F
Bbm
Db
Gbm
Lord, Lord
Db
Gb
C#
C
There lies a steel drivin' man
B
Bb
See John Henry is a blind man
John Henry,
though he was a steel -driving man
John Henry, oh yeah
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