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