John Henry
John Henry

John Henry easy guitar chords by Lead Belly

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E A D G B E

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Fret 2

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  • C

  • G

  • D

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  • G

  • D

    • Intro 1




    Verse 1
    John 
    Henry, 

    when 
    he 
    was 
    a 
    baby 

    Settin' 
    on his 
    mammy's 
    knee 

    Picked 
    up 
    an hammer 
    in his 

    little 
    right 
    hand 

    Said, 
    "Hammer 
    be 
    the 

    death of 
    me, me, me 

    Hammer 
    be 
    the 
    death 
    of 
    me" 

    Verse 2
    Some 
    say 
    he's 
    born 
    in 
    Texas 

    Some 
    say 
    he's 
    born up 
    in 
    Maine 

    I just 
    say he 
    was 
    a Louisiana 
    man 

    Lead
    er of 
    a steel-driving 

    chain 
    chain 
    gang 

    Leader on 
    a steel-driving gang 

    gang 
    Well, 
    the 
    Captain 
    said 
    Verse 3

    to John 
    Henry 

    "I'm 
    gonna 
    bring 
    my steam 

    drill 
    around 

    Gonna 
    bring 
    my steam 
    drill out 

    on 
    the 
    job 

    Gonna 
    whup 
    that 
    steel on 
    down, 

    down, down 

    Whup 
    that 
    steel on 
    down" 

    Verse 4
    John Henry 
    said 
    to the 
    Captain 

    (What he 
    say?) 

    "You can 
    bring 
    your 
    steam 
    drill around 

    You 
    can 
    bring 
    your 
    steam 

    drill 
    out 
    on the job 

    I'll 
    beat your 
    steam 
    drill 
    down, 

    down, down 

    Beat 
    your steam 
    drill 
    down" 

    John 
    Verse 5
    Henry 
    said 
    to 
    his 
    Shaker 

    "Shaker, 
    you 
    had 
    better 
    pray 

    If 
    you 
    miss your 
    six 
    feet of 
    steel 

    I'll 
    be your 
    buryin' 
    day, 
    day, day 

    I'll be 
    your 
    buryin' 
    day" 

    Now, the Shaker 
    said 
    Verse 6
    to 

    John 
    Henry 

    (Yes sir) 

    "Man ain't 
    noth
    ing 
    but 
    a 
    man 

    (No he 
    ain't) 

    But 
    before 
    I'd 
    let 
    that 
    steam 

    drill 
    beat 
    me 
    down 

    (I believe 
    him) 

    I'd die with 
    an hammer 
    in my hand, 

    hand, 
    hand 

    (I believe 
    him) 

    I'd die 
    with an 
    hammer in 

    my 
    hand" 

    Verse 7
    John Henry 
    had 
    a 
    little 
    woman 

    Her name 
    was 
    Polly 
    Anne 

    John Henry 
    took 
    sick and 

    was 
    laid up 
    in bed 

    While 
    Polly 
    handled 
    steel 
    like a 
    man, 

    man, 

    man 


    Polly 
    handled 


    steel 
    like 
    a 
    man 

    Verse 8
    They took 
    John 
    Henry 
    to 
    the graveyard 

    Laid 
    him 
    down 
    in 
    the 
    sand 

    Every 
    locomotive 
    comin' 
    a-rolling 
    by 

    by 

    Hollered, 
    there 
    lies 
    a 
    steel-drivin' 
    man, 

    man, 
    man 

    man 

    There 
    lies 
    a 
    steel-drivin' 
    man 

    man 

    There 
    lies 
    a 
    steel-drivin' 
    man, 
    man, 
    man 

    man 

    There 
    lies 
    a 
    steel-drivin' 
    man 

    man 

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