John Henry

John Henry easy guitar chords by Pete Seeger And Bruce Springsteen

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  • Intro 1



    Well, 
    John 
    Verse 1

    Henry 
    was 
    a little 
    baby 

    Sittin' 
    on 
    his 
    dady's knee 

    He 
    pick 
    up 
    hammer 
    and 
    a little 
    piece 
    of steel, 


    And cried, 
    "Ham
    mer's 
    gonna 
    be 
    the death 
    of 
    me, 

    Lord, 
    Lord 

    Ham
    mer's 
    gonna 
    be 
    the death 
    of 
    me" 

    Verse 2
    Now 
    the captain 
    he said 
    to John 
    Henry, 

    "I'm 
    gonna 
    bring 
    that 
    steam 
    drill 
    around 

    I'm 
    gonna 
    bring 
    that 
    steam 

    drill 
    out 
    on 
    these 
    tracks 

    I'm 
    gonna 
    knock 
    that 
    steel 
    on 
    down, 

    God, 
    God 

    I'm 
    gonna 
    knock 
    that 
    steel 
    on 
    down" 

    Verse 3
    John 
    Henry 
    told 
    his 
    captain, 

    "Lord, 
    man 
    ain't 
    nothin' 

    but 
    man 

    But efore 
    let 
    that 
    steam 

    drill 
    beat 
    me down 

    I'm 
    gonna 
    die 
    with 
    a ham
    mer 
    in 
    my 
    hand, 

    Lord, 
    Lord 

    I'll 
    die 
    with 
    a ham
    mer 
    in my 
    hand" 

    Interlude 1



    Verse 4
    John 
    Henry 
    driving 
    on 
    the right 
    side 

    That 
    steam 
    drill 
    driving 
    on 
    the 
    left 

    Says, 
    "'
    Fore 
    I'll 
    let 
    your 

    steam 
    drill 
    beat 
    me 
    down 

    I'm 
    gonna 
    ham
    mer 
    my
    self 
    to 
    death, 

    Lord, 
    Lord, 

    I'll 
    hammer 
    my 
    fool 
    self 
    to 
    death" 

    Verse 5
    Well, 
    captain 
    said 
    to John 
    Henry, 

    "What 
    is 
    that 
    storm 
    hear?" 

    John 
    Henry 
    said, 

    "That 
    ain't no 
    storm 
    Captain 

    That's 
    just 
    my 
    hammer 
    in 
    the air

    Lord, 
    Lord 

    That's 
    just 
    my 
    hammer 
    in 
    the 
    air

    Verse 6
    John 
    Henry 
    said 
    to 
    his shaker 

    "Shaker, 
    why 
    don't 
    you 
    sing? 

    'Cause 
    I'm 
    swigin' thirty 
    pounds 

    from 
    my 
    hips 
    on 
    down 

    Yeah, 
    listen 
    to 
    my 
    cold 
    steel 
    ring, 

    Lord, 
    Lord 

    Listen 
    to 
    my 
    cold 
    steel 
    ring" 

    Interlude 2






    Verse 7
    John 
    Henry, 
    he 
    hammered 
    in 
    the mountains 

    His 
    hammer 
    was 
    striking 
    fire 

    But 
    he worked 
    so 
    hard; it 

    broke 
    his 
    heart 

    John 
    Henry 
    laid 
    down 
    his 
    hammer 
    and 
    died, 

    Lord, 
    Lord 

    John 
    Henry 
    laid 
    down 

    his hammer 
    and died 

    Verse 8
    Well, now 
    John 
    Henry, 
    he 
    had 
    him 
    a woman 

    By 
    the 
    name 
    of 
    Polly 
    Ann 

    She 
    walked 
    out 
    to 
    those 
    tracks 

    Picked 
    up John 
    Henry's 
    hammer 

    Polly 
    drove 
    steel 
    like 
    man, 
    Lord, 
    Lord 

    Polly 
    drove 
    that 
    steel 
    like 
    a man 

    Verse 9
    Well 
    every, 
    every 
    Monday 
    morning 

    When 
    the blue 
    bird 
    he begin 
    to 
    sing 

    You 
    could hear 
    John 
    Henry 

    from 
    a mile 
    or 
    more 

    You could 
    hear 
    John 
    Henry's 
    hammer 
    ring, 

    Lord, 
    Lord 

    You can 
    hear 
    John 
    Henry's 

    hammer 
    ring 

    I say, 
    You can 
    hear 
    John 
    Henry's 
    hammer 
    ring, 

    Lord, 
    Lord 

    You can 
    hear 
    John 
    Henry's 
    hammer 
    ring 


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