John Henry
John Henry

John Henry easy guitar chords by Lonnie Donegan

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    • Verse 1
    Well, 
    John 
    Henry 
    told 

    his 
    little 
    woman, 

    Gonna 
    cook 
    my 
    supper 
    soon. 

    I 
    got ninety 
    miles 
    of 
    track, 

    I'm 
    going 
    to 
    line, 

    Gonna 
    line 
    by 
    the 
    light 
    of 
    the 
    moon, 

    Lord, 
    Lord, 
    gonna 
    line 
    by 

    the 
    light 
    of 
    the 
    moon. 

    John 
    Henry 
    was 
    a 
    stew 
    driver, 

    he 
    was the 
    best 
    in the 
    land, 

    And 
    he died 
    with his 
    hammer 
    in 
    his 
    hand, 

    Now 
    to tell 
    you 
    all about 
    it 
    now 

    Padre 
    John 
    Henry 
    told 
    his 
    captain 

    Now 
    a 
    man 
    ain't 
    nothing 
    but 
    a man 

    But 
    before 
    I 
    let 
    your 
    steam 

    drill 
    beat 
    me 
    down 

    Gonna 
    die 
    with 
    a 
    ham
    mer 
    in 
    my 
    hand, 

    Lord, 
    Lord 

    Gonna 
    die 
    with 
    a 
    hammer 
    in 
    my 
    hand 

    Padre 
    John 
    Henry 
    told 
    his 
    captain 

    That 
    a man 
    ain't 
    nothing 
    but 
    a 
    man 

    But 
    before 
    I 
    let 
    your 
    steel 

    drill 
    beat 
    me 
    down 

    You're 
    gonna 
    die 
    with 
    that 

    ham
    mer 
    in 
    my 
    hand 

    Lord, 
    Lord, 
    you're gonna 
    die 
    with 

    that 
    ham
    mer 
    in 
    my 
    hand 

    John 
    Henry 
    had 
    a 
    little 
    woman 

    And 
    the 
    dress 
    that 
    she 
    wore 
    was 
    red 

    Oh, 
    she star
    ted 
    over 
    track, 

    Lord, 
    she never 
    looked 
    back 

    I'm 
    gonna 
    where 
    John 
    Henry 
    lies 
    dead 

    Lord, 
    you're 
    gonna wake 

    your 
    Henry 
    Lysade 

    Ah, 
    your 
    Henry 
    went 
    down 
    to 
    Washington 

    And 
    they 
    buried 
    him 
    in 
    the 
    sand 

    And 
    the 
    people 
    from 
    the East, 

    Lord, 
    the 
    people 
    from 
    the 
    West 

    Came 
    to see 
    such 
    a 
    steel 
    -driving 
    man 

    Yes, 
    Lord, 
    came 
    to see 
    such 

    a 
    steel 
    -driving 
    man 

    Well, 
    there's 
    some 
    that 
    say 

    he's 
    from 
    England 

    He's 
    from 
    France 

    You 
    don't 
    know 
    he's 
    nothin' 

    but 
    a Louisiana 
    man 

    He's 
    the leader 
    of 
    the 
    Steel 
    Drivin' 
    Gang 

    No, 
    no, 
    he's 
    the leader 
    of 

    the 
    Steel 
    Drivin' 
    Gang 

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