John Henry chords by
The Easy Riders

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Key: A major•

Intro 1

D

D

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Verse 1

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D

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When John Henry was a little baby

A

A

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Sittin' on his mammy's knee

D

D

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Well, he picked up a hammer

and a little bitty steel

Said, this hammer's gonna be the death of me,

Lord, Lord

A

A

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D

D

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Hammer's gonna be the death of me

John Henry was a real steel -drivin' man

A

A

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D

D

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Oh, what a man was he

Now the captain said to John Henry,

A

A

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I'm gonna bring that steam drill round,

D

D

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gonna bring that steam drill out of the job,

Dm

Dm

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D

D

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I'm gonna whop that steel on down,

Lord, Lord, whop that steel on down

Well, John Henry said to his captain

A

A

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A man ain't nothin' but a man

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D

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And before I let your steam to beat me down

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D

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I would die with this hammer in my hand,

Lord, Lord

A

A

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D

D

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Die with this hammer in my hand

Now the sun was hot and we was burned

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A

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And there was no breeze at all

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D

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And the sweat ran down

Dm

Dm

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like water down a hill

D

D

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The day John let his hammer fall,

Lord, Lord

A

A

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D

D

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The day John let his hands unfold

John Henry was a real steel -driving man

A

A

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D

D

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Oh, what a man was he!

John Henry said to his shaker,

A

A

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Hey, shaker, why don't you sing?

D

D

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I'm drivin' thirty pounds

with my hips right on down

Just listen to that cold steel ring,

A

A

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Lord, Lord, listen to that cold steel ring

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D

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Well, the shaker said to John Henry,

A

A

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I believe this mountain's caving in .

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D

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John Henry said to his shaker, man,

Dm

Dm

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it ain't nothing but my hammer sucking wind,

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D

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Lord, Lord.

A

A

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D

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Nothing but my hammer sucking wind.

John Henry was hammering

on the mountain,

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A

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and his hammer was striking fire.

D

D

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Well, he drove so hard

till he broke his poor heart.

He laid down his hammer and he died,

Lord, Lord.

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A

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D

D

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Laid down his hammer and he died

John Henry was a real steel -driving man

A

A

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D

D

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Oh, what a man was he

Then they took John Henry

to the graveyard

A

A

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Buried him in the sand

D

D

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Every locomotive come a -roarin' by

Says, there lies a steel -driving man,

Lord, Lord

A

A

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D

D

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There lies a steel -driving man

John Henry was a real steel -driving man

A

A

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D

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Oh, a man was, oh, what a man was he!

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