John Henry chords by
Jerry Reed
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Key: Bb major•
Verse 1
Bb
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Bbm
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Db
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Bbm
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Cm
Cm
3

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Eb
Eb
6

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Fsus4
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When
Bb
Bb

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John Henry was a little baby
Sittin' on his mama's knee
F
F

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Bb

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Well he picked up a feather
Eb
Eb
6

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and a piece of steel
And said that's gonna
Bb
Bb

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be the death of me
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Eb
6

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Lord, Lord, Lord that's gonna
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F
F

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Bb
Bb

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be the death of me
Well John Henry had a little woman
Name of Polly Ann
F
F

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Bb

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Eb
Eb
6

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Well John got sick had to
lay down on the bed
Bb
Bb

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Eb
Eb
6

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Polly drove steel like a man
Lord, Lord, Lord,
F
F

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Polly drove steel like a man
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Verse 2
Well John Henry went up on the mountain
F
F

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Well the mountain was sinkin' in
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Bb

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Eb
Eb
6

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He said come on captain
I know what I'm doin'
Bb
Bb

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It ain't nothin' but my hammer
Eb
Eb
6

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suckin' wind
Lord, Lord, Lord, It ain't nothin' but my
F
F

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hammer suckin' wind
Interlude 1
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F
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Eb
Eb
6

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Verse 3
Eb
Eb
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Bb
Bb

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Eb
Eb
6

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Bb
Bb

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F
F

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Bb
Bb

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Well
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Db
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John Henry
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Bbm

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Cm
Cm
3

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F
F

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Bb
Bb

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went up on the mountain
Lord the mountain was so high
He said we're gonna shake this
steel drivin' down
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F

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Give me a cool drink of
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water before I die
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Bb
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Give me a cool drink of
Eb
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water before I die
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F
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Some say he came from England Some say he
Verse 4
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came from Spain
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But John Henry was nothin'
Eb
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but a Louisiana man
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Bb

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And he died with his hammer
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Eb
6

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in his hand
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Bb

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Lord, Lord, Lord,
F
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Bb
Bb

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F
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Bb
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Eb
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6

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he died with his hammer in his hand
Steel drivin' man,
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6

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Bb
Bb

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F
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Bb
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Db
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4

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he died with his hammer in his hand
Cm
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F
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Bb
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Lord ain't nothin' but my hammer
Eb
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Bb
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suckin' wind
etc. etc.

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