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John Henry chords by 
Joan Baez 
N/A•
Intro 1
D
A
D
Verse 1
D
John Henry was about
three days old,
A
sitting on his mammy's knee.
D
Well, he picked up a hammer
G
and a little piece of steel,
D
said, it's gonna be the death of me.
A
D
Well, it's gonna be the death of me.
Captain said to John Henry,
A
I'm gonna bring my steam drill around,
D
G
I'm gonna bring my steam drill out on the job,
D
I'm gonna whup that steel on down,
A
D
Lord, Lord, whup that steel on down.
John Henry said to his boss man,
A
he said a man ain't nothing but a man,
D
but before I'd let your
G
steam drill beat me down,
D
I'll die with this hammer in my hand,
well, I'll die with this
hammer in my hand.
John Henry said to his shaker,
A
he said shaker why don't you sing,
D
you know I'm swinging nine pounds
G
from my hips on down,
D
won't you listen to the
cold steel ring,
A
D
just listen to the cold steel ring.
John Henry said to his shaker,
A
F#m
he said shaker why don't you pray,
D
you know that if my hammer misses
G
that little piece of steel
D
and tomorrow be your burying day,
A
D
tomorrow be your burying day.
Well the captain said to John Henry,
my lord I believe this
A
mountain's sinking in.
D
G
John Henry laughed at his captain
D
and he said it ain't nothing
but my hammer sucking wind,
A
it ain't nothing but my hammer
D
sucking wind.
Well John Henry said to the captain,
A
well look yonder what I see.
D
You're hole done chuck,
G
Gm
you're drill done broken,
D
you can't drive steel like me,
A
D
A
D
well you can't drive steel like me.
Well, man who invented that steam drill,
A
He thought he was mighty fine.
D
But John Henry drove down
G
fourteen feet,
D
And the steam drill only made nine.
A
D
Steam drill only made nine.
But John Henry hammered that morning,
Until his hammer was striking fire.
A
D
And he worked so hard
G
that he broke his poor heart
Gm
D
An d laid down his hammer
and he died
A
D
And he laid down his hammer and he died
Well they took John Henry
to the graveyard
A
And they buried him in the sand
D
And every locomotive comes
G
a -rollin' by
D
Say there lays a steel -drivin' man
A
D
Well, now, there lays a steel -drivin' man
He was a steel -drivin' man
A
D
He was a steel -drivin' man
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