John Henry chords by The Jordanaires

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Verse 1
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John Henry was a steel
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-drivin' man
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John Henry said to his captain,
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A man ain't nothin' but a man
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But before I let your steam
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drill beat me down
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I'll die with the hammer in my hand
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Oh, Lord, died with the
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hammer in my hand
John Henry got his thirty -pound hammer
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And by that steam drill he did stand
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And he beat that steam drill
three inches down
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Then he died with his
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hammer in his hand
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Oh, Lord, died with his hammer in his
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hand
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Yes, John Henry got his
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thirty -thou hammer
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And by that steam drill he did stand
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And he beat that steam drill
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three inches down
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Then he died with his hammer in his hand
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Oh Lord, died with his hammer
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in his hand
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They carried John Henry
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to the graveyard
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And they buried him
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underneath the sand
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And every locomotive come rolling by
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Says, there lays a steel -driving man,
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O Lord,
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there lays a steel -driving man
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Oh, there lays a steel -driving man