John Henry chords by
Jerry Reed
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Key: Bb major

Verse 1
G G 
 
Gm Gm 
 
Bb Bb 
 
Gm Gm 
 
Am Am 
 
C C 
 
Dsus4 Dsus4 
 
When
G G 
 
John Henry was a little baby
Sittin' on his mama's knee
D D 
 
G G 
 
Well he picked up a feather
C C 
 
and a piece of steel
And said that's gonna
G G 
 
be the death of me
C C 
 
Lord, Lord, Lord that's gonna
G G 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
be the death of me
Well John Henry had a little woman
Name of Polly Ann
D D 
 
G G 
 
C C 
 
Well John got sick had to
lay down on the bed
G G 
 
C C 
 
Polly drove steel like a man
Lord, Lord, Lord,
D D 
 
Polly drove steel like a man
G G 
 

Verse 2
Well John Henry went up on the mountain
D D 
 
Well the mountain was sinkin' in
G G 
 
C C 
 
He said come on captain
I know what I'm doin'
G G 
 
It ain't nothin' but my hammer
C C 
 
suckin' wind
Lord, Lord, Lord, It ain't nothin' but my
D D 
 
hammer suckin' wind

Interlude 1

Verse 3
C C 
 
G G 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
Well
Gm Gm 
 
Bb Bb 
 
John Henry
Gm Gm 
 
Am Am 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
went up  on the mountain
Lord the mountain was so high
He said we're gonna shake this
steel drivin' down
D D 
 
Give me a cool drink of
G G 
 
water before I  die
C C 
 
G G 
 
Give me a cool drink of
C C 
 
water before I die
G G 
 
D D 
 
Some say he came from England Some say he

Verse 4
G G 
 
came from Spain
D D 
 
G G 
 
But John Henry was nothin'
C C 
 
but a  Louisiana man
G G 
 
And he died with his hammer
C C 
 
in his hand
G G 
 
Lord, Lord, Lord,
D D 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
he died with his hammer in his hand
Steel drivin' man,
C C 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
Bb Bb 
 
he died with his hammer in  his hand
Am Am 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
Lord ain't nothin' but my hammer
C C 
 
G G 
 
suckin' wind
etc. etc.

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