John Henry chords by Lead Belly
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Intro 1
(C major) (G major) (C major)
(D major) (C major)
(G major) (C major)
(D major) (G major)
Verse 1
John (C major) Henry,
when he was a baby (G major)
Settin' on his (C major) mammy's knee
Picked up an hammer (D major) in his
little (C major) (G major) (C major) right hand
Said, "Hammer (G major) be the
(C major) death of me, me, me
Hammer be the death of (G major) me"
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Verse 2
Some say he's born (C major) in Texas (G major) (C major)
(G major) Some say (C major) he's born up in Maine (G major)
I just (C major) say he was a Louisiana man
(D major) Leader of a steel-driving
chain (C major) chain gang
Leader on a steel-driving gang
gang Well, the (G major) Captain said
Verse 3
to John Henry
"I'm gonna bring my steam
drill around
Gonna (C major) bring my steam (D major) drill out
on (G major) the job (C major) (G major)
Gonna whup that steel on (C major) (G major) down,
down, down
(C major) Whup that steel on down"
Verse 4
John Henry (G major) said (C major) to the Captain
(What he say?)
"You can bring your (G major) steam (C major) drill around
You can (D major) bring your (C major) steam
drill out on the job
I'll beat your steam drill down,
(G major) down, down
Beat your steam drill down"
John (C major)
Verse 5
(G major) Henry said (C major) to his Shaker
"Shaker, (G major) you had better pray
If you (C major) miss your six feet of steel (G major)
I'll be your buryin' day, (C major) day, day
I'll be your buryin' day"
Now, the Shaker said (G major)
Verse 6
(C major) to
John Henry (D major)
(Yes sir)
"Man ain't (C major) (G major) nothing but a man
(No he ain't)
But before I'd let (C major) that steam (G major)
drill (C major) (G major) beat me down
(I believe him)
I'd die with an hammer in my hand,
(C major) hand, hand
(I believe (G major) him)
I'd die with an hammer in
my (C major) hand"
Verse 7
John Henry had a little (C major) (G major) woman
Her name (C major) was Polly Anne
John Henry (D major) (C major) took sick and
was (G major) (C major) (G major) laid up in bed
While (C major) Polly handled steel like a man,
(G major) (C major) (G major) man, (C major) (G major) (C major)
man (G major) (C major) (G major) (C major)
(D major) (C major)
Polly (G major) handled (C major) (G major) (D major) (G major)
(C major) (G major) (C major)
steel (D major) like (G major) a man
Verse 8
They took (C major) John Henry to the graveyard (G major)
(C major) Laid him down in the (D major) sand
(C major) Every locomotive comin' a-rolling (G major) by
by
Hollered, there lies a steel-drivin' man,
man, man
man
There lies (C major) a steel-drivin' man
(G major) man
There lies a steel-drivin' man, man, man
man
There lies a (D major) steel-drivin' man
(G major) man
John Henry
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