Key: D major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
three days old,
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Well, it's gonna be the death of me.
Captain said to John Henry,
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I'm gonna bring my steam drill out on the job,
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Lord, Lord, whup that steel on down.
John Henry said to his boss man,
well, I'll die with this
hammer in my hand.
John Henry said to his shaker,
cold steel ring,
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just listen to the cold steel ring.
John Henry said to his shaker,
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he said shaker why don't you pray,
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tomorrow be your burying day.
Well the captain said to John Henry,
my lord I believe this
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John Henry laughed at his captain
but my hammer sucking wind,
Well John Henry said to the captain,
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you're drill done broken,
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well you can't drive steel like me.
Well, man who invented that steam drill,
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Steam drill only made nine.
But John Henry hammered that morning,
Until his hammer was striking fire.
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And he worked so hard
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An d laid down his hammer
and he died
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And he laid down his hammer and he died
Well they took John Henry
to the graveyard
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Well, now, there lays a steel -drivin' man
He was a steel -drivin' man
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He was a steel -drivin' man
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsA E D C#m Dm
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