John Henry chords by
Lonnie Donegan's Skiffle Group
Lonnie Donegan's Skiffle Group

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Key: D major
Verse 1
G
G

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Well
John
D
D

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G
G

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Henry told his little woman,
D
D

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G

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I'm going to cook my supper soon, I've got ninety
miles of track, I'm going to line,
D
D

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G
G

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I'm going to line by the light of the moon,
Lord,
Lord,
I'm going to line by the
D
D

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G

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light of the moon.
John
Henry was a stew driver, he was the best in the land,
and he died with his hammer in
I'll tell you all about it now.
Pat
John
Henry told his captain,
D
D

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Now a man ain't nothing but a man.
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G

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But before I let your steam
drill beat me down,
D
D

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G
G

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Gonna die with a hammer in my hand,
Lord,
Lord,
D
D

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G
G

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Gonna die with a hammer in my hand.
Pat
John
Henry told his captain,
D
D

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But a man ain't nothing but a man.
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G

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But before I let your steel
drill beat me down
You're gonna die with that
D
D

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G
G

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hammer in my hand
Lord,
Lord, you're gonna die with
D
D

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G
G

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that hammer in my hand
John
Henry had a little woman
D
D

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And the dress that she wore was red
G
G

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But she started off a track and,
she never looked back
I'm gonna wear
John
D
D

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Henry lies there
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G

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Lord, you're gonna wake your
Henry
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D

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G

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Lies dead
Verse 2
G
G

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Ah, your
Henry went down to
Washington
Verse 3
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G

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D
D

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And they buried him in the sand
Verse 4
G
G

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And the people from the
East,
Lord, the people from the
West
Verse 5
G
G

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D

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Came to see such a steel
G
G

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-driving man, yes,
Lord
Verse 6
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G

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D
D

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G
G

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Came to see such a steel -driving man
Verse 7
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G

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Well, they're gonna say he's from
England
Verse 8
G
G

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Some say he's from
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D

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France
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G

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You don't know he's nothin' but a
Louisiana man
He's the leader of the
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D

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Steve's
Drivin'
Gang
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Lord,
Lord, he's the leader of the
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Steve's
Drivin'
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Gang

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