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John Henry chords by 
Jerry Reed 
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Key: Bb major•BPM: 150
Verse 1
G
Gm
Bb
Gm
Am
C
Dsus4
When
G
John Henry was a little baby
Sittin' on his mama's knee
D
G
Well he picked up a feather
C
and a piece of steel
And said that's gonna
G
be the death of me
C
Lord, Lord, Lord that's gonna
G
D
G
be the death of me
Well John Henry had a little woman
Name of Polly Ann
D
G
C
Well John got sick had to
lay down on the bed
G
C
Polly drove steel like a man
Lord, Lord, Lord,
D
Polly drove steel like a man
G
Verse 2
Well John Henry went up on the mountain
D
Well the mountain was sinkin' in
G
C
He said come on captain
I know what I'm doin'
G
It ain't nothin' but my hammer
C
suckin' wind
Lord, Lord, Lord, It ain't nothin' but my
D
hammer suckin' wind
Interlude 1
D
G
D
G
C
Verse 3
C
G
C
G
D
G
Well
Gm
Bb
John Henry
Gm
Am
D
G
went up on the mountain
Lord the mountain was so high
He said we're gonna shake this
steel drivin' down
D
Give me a cool drink of
G
water before I die
C
G
Give me a cool drink of
C
water before I die
G
D
Some say he came from England Some say he
Verse 4
G
came from Spain
D
G
But John Henry was nothin'
C
but a Louisiana man
G
And he died with his hammer
C
in his hand
G
Lord, Lord, Lord,
D
G
D
G
C
G
he died with his hammer in his hand
Steel drivin' man,
C
G
D
G
Bb
he died with his hammer in his hand
Am
D
G
Lord ain't nothin' but my hammer
C
G
suckin' wind
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