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