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John Henry chords by 
Eric Bibb
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Intro 1
G
F
C
G
Verse 1
G
John
Henry was a little baby boy
You could hold him in the palm of your hand
He let out a long and lonesome cry
F
C
He said, I'm gonna be a
G
C
G
steel -driving man
F
C
I'm gonna be a steel
F
C
G
-driving man
They took
John
Henry to the tunnel
They put him in the league to drive
The rock was so tall and
John was so small
F
C
That he lied down his hammer
F
G
and he cried
Yes he did now
C
That he lied down his
G
hammer and he cried
John
Henry started on the right side
The steam drill started on the left
Before I let that steam drill beat me down
C
G
C
I'll hammer my fool self to death
G
Yes I will now
C
G
I'll hammer my fool self to death
John
Henry told his captain
A man ain't nothin' but a man
D
G
Oh, I let your steam drill beat me down
F
C
I'll die with this hammer in my hand
G
Yes, I will now
F
C
F
G
I'll die with the hammer in my hand
John
Henry had a little woman
Her name was
Polly
Ann
C
John got sick and he had to go to bed
Polly drove steel like a man,
G
yes he did now
F
C
F
G
Polly drove steel like a man
Now the captain told
John
Henry, I believe my tunnel is sinking in
Stand back captain, don't you be afraid
C
F
C
That ain't nothing but my
G
hammer sucking wind
C
Ain't nothin' but my
hammer suckin' wind
G
John
Henry told his captain
Gm
Lookey I'm a boy what do you see
G
Your drill done broke and your hole is done
F
C
And you can't drive steel like me
G
F
C
F
G
And you can't drive steel like me
John
Henry hammered in the mountains
Till the handle of his hammer caught fire
He drove so hard till he
broke his poor heart
F
Then he lied down his hammer and he died
G
F
Yes he did, he lied down his
G
hammer and he died
You know they took
John
Henry through the tunnel
And they buried him in the sand
And every locomotive come ridin' by
C
G
C
G
They say there lies a steel -drivin' man
F
C
F
C
F
C
G
There lies a steel -drivin' man
F
C
G
C
G
F
C
F
G
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