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

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