John Henry chords by
Eric Bibb

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Key: A major•

Intro 1

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Verse 1

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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

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He said, I'm gonna be a

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steel -driving man

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I'm gonna be a steel

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-driv ing 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

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That he lied down his hammer

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an d he cried

Yes he did now

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That he lied down his

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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

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I'll hammer my fool self to death

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Yes I will now

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I'll hammer my fool self to death

John

Henry told his captain

A man ain't nothin' but a man

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Oh, I let your steam drill beat me down

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I'll die with this hammer in my hand

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Yes, I will now

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I'll die with the hammer in my hand

John

Henry had a little woman

Her name was

Polly

Ann

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John got sick and he had to go to bed

Polly drove steel like a man,

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yes he did now

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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

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That ain't noth ing but my

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hammer sucking wind

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Ain't nothin' but my

hammer suckin' wind

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John

Henry told his captain

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Lookey I'm a boy what do you see

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Your drill done broke and your hole is done

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And you can't drive steel like me

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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

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Then he lied down his hammer and he died

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Yes he did, he lied down his

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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

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They say there lies a steel -drivin' man

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There lies a steel -drivin' man

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