John Henry chords by Hoyt Axton
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Verse 1
You and (D major) Jonathan Henry,
(G major) he (D major) was a little bitty boy
He just was sittin' on his mammy's knee (A major)
He (D major) said, the Big Bend Tunnel, (G major) Sieno Road
It's (D major) gonna be the death of me, Lord, (G major) Lord
It's (D major) gonna be the death of me
When I'm (G major) (D major) (G major) gonna drive (D major) (G major) (D major)
(G major) (D major) (G major) (D major) (G major) (D major) (G major) (D major)
(G major) Yeah, (D major) John Henry had him a woman
(G major) Her (D major) name was (G major) Mary Magdale (A major) ne
Now (D major) she went down with
that poor (G major) boy to drive
To (D major) hear his coal hammering, la, (G major) la
To (D major) hear John Henry's hammering
(G major) Yeah, (D major) hear it ring, ring, (G major)
(D major) ring, yeah, while I drive
(G major) Oo (D major) h, (G major) (D major) whoo (G major)
(D major) (G major) (D major) (G major) (D major)
(G major) John (D major) Henry,
he had an (G major) other wo (D major) man
(G major) Her (D major) name was (G major) Sally An (D major) n (A major)
(D major) Johnny got drunk and had (G major) to go to bed
Sally (D major) drove the steel like (A major) a (D major) man,
Lord, (G major) Lord
Sally (D major) drove the steel like a man
You're like John Henry, almost
Not (G major) quite, (D major) (G major) no,
(D major) not (G major) hardly (D major) (G major) (D major) (G major) (D major) (G major)
(D major) John Henry's family needed money, (G major)
(D major) said (G major) (D major) they didn't have but a (A major) dime
He said, (D major) if you'll wait until
the (G major) sun goes down,
I'll (D major) get it from the man on the line, Lord,
(G major) Lord, I'll (D major) get it from the man on the line
Yes, (G major) you know, (D major) well, where I work,
I'm driving steel,
oh yeah (G major) (D major) (G major) (D major) (G major)
(D major) John Henry, drove on the mountain, (G major) (D major)
(G major) seen (D major) drill (G major) by his side (D major)
(A major) Well (D major) he drove about a (G major) mile and a half,
laid (D major) down a hammer and (A major) he (D major) cried
Lord, (G major) Lord, he (D major) laid down his
hammer and he cried (G major)
Oh, (D major) (G major) yeah, he cried. (D major) (G major)
(D major) Oh, (G major) yeah, he cried. (D major) (G major) (D major) (G major)
(D major) John Henry (G major) cried. (D major) (G major)
Oh, (D major) (G major) yeah, he cried. (D major) (G major) (D major) (G major) (D major) (G major) (D major) (G major) (D major) (G major) (D major)
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(D major) Yeah, (G major) the white (D major) man, (G major)
he said (D major) to John (G major) Henry (D major)
Well, (G major) (D major) Henry,
(G major) now damn (D major) your (G major) soul (D major) (A major)
You may (D major) have beaten this in steam
and a drill (G major) of a mine
When the rocks (D major) in the mountain
(A major) turn to gold, (D major) poor boy
(G major) When the rocks (D major) in the moun
(A major) tain turn to (D major) gold
Oh, when they shine,
they shine like (G major) (D major) gold (G major) (D major) (G major) (D major) (G major) (D major)
Tell (G major) you what John Henry
(D major) said (G major) (D major) (G major) (D major) (G major)
(D major) Yeah, (G major) John (D major) Henry,
(G major) he looked (D major) down (G major) at the
white (D major) man (G major) (D major)
An (G major) (D major) d lightning was in his (G major) eyes (D major) (A major)
He said, (D major) Captain,
but your last red penny (G major) on me
I'll (D major) beat her to the (A major) bottom or I'll (D major) die,
Lord, (G major) Lord
I'll (D major) beat her to the bottom or I'll die (G major)
(D major) Oh, (G major) yeah, I'll (D major) die
(G major) Oh, (D major) (G major) yeah, I'll (D major) die (G major) (D major) (G major)
(D major) Oh, (G major) yeah, I'll (D major) die
(G major) Oh, yeah, (D major) I'll die (G major) (D major)
John Henry drove steel in the tunnel, (G major) (D major)
(G major) hammer (D major) (G major) strike in fire (A major)
Well he (D major) drove so hard,
(G major) broke his poor heart,
(D major) laid down the hammer and he died, la la
(G major) He laid (D major) down his hammer and he died,
oh yeah he died, yeah he died
Oh yeah, he died. (G major) (D major) (G major)
(D major) John Henry (G major) died.
Oooo (D major)
(G major) Tam (D major) (G major) (D major) (G major) (D major) (G major) (D major) (G major) bour (D major) (G major) (D major)
ine (G major)
(D major) (G major) (D major) (G major) (D major) (G major) guy (D major) (G major) (D major) (G major) John (D major) (G major) Henry (D major) had (G major) yet
(D major) Another (G major) woman (D major) (G major) (D major)
The (G major) dress (D major) she (G major) wore,
(D major) now it (G major) was red (D major)
(A major) Says, (D major) I'm going down that track
I ain't (G major) looking back
I'm (D major) going where my Johnny boy (A major) fell dead, (D major)
Lord, (G major) Lord
I'm (D major) going where John
Henry fell dead (G major)
(D major) Yeah, where he died
(G major) Well (D major) (G major) driving (D major) steel, (G major)
(D major) he (G major) (D major) (G major) (D major) was (G major) a work (D major) in' son (G major) of a gun (D major) (G major) (D major)
(G major) (D major) (G major) (D major) (G major) (D major) (G major) (D major) (G major) (D major) (G major) (D major)
Yeah, they took John Henry
to (G major) the (D major) White House
Laid him knees (G major) by the (D major) sand (A major)
(D major) And every locomotive
and (G major) those roaring mines
Said (D major) yonder lies a steel drivin' man, la, la
(G major) Yonder (D major) lies a steel -drivin' man
workin' boy
Yonder lies
Well, a steel (A major) -driv (D major) in' man (D major) (D major)
Lord, Lord (G major)
Yeah, now yonder lies a steel
Oh, down yonder
Yeah, down yonder
Yonder lies a steel -drivin' man (D major) (G major)
John Henry
Hoyt Axton
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