John Henry chords by
The Sundowners
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Key: Ab major
Intro 1
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F#
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G
G

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When John
Verse 1
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Henry
G
G

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was a little baby,
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D

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Just a -sittin' on his pappy's knee,
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G
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Good Lord, he picked up a hammer
C
C

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and a little bit of steel,
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G
G

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Hammer gonna be the death of me,
Lord, Lord,
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F#

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B
B

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D#m
D#m

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Hammer gonna be the death of me,
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F#

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G
G

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Ham mer gonna be the death of me,
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F#

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Lord, Lord,
D
D

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G
G

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Hammer gonna be the death of me.
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F#

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G
G

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Well, John Henry made him a
steel -drivin' man
D
D

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Belongs to a steel -drivin' crew
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Good Lord, every time John
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F#
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C
C

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Henry's hammer comes down
B
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G
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You can hear that steel
walkin' through,
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Lord, Lord
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D#m
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Hear that steel walkin' through
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G
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Hear that steel walkin' through,
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Lord, Lord
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G

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D
D

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F#
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Hear that steel walkin' through
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Well, John Henry said to his shaker,
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Well, shaker, why don't you sing?
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F#

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I swing a forty -pound hammer
B
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C
C

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with my hips on down
G
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F#
F#

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Just listen to that coal -steel ring,
Lord, Lord,
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Em
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listen to that coal -steel ring
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G
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Listen to that coal -steel ring,
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D
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Lord, Lord, listen to that coal -steel ring
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F#
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Well, the captain said to John Henry,
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F#
F#

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D
D

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I'm gonna bring me a steam drill round
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G
G

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I'm gonna take that drill
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to the end of the tunnel
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B

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F#
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F#
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I'm gonna whop that steel on down,
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D#m
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Lord, Lord, whop that steel on down
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Whop that steel on down, Lord, Lord,
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G
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F#
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Whop that steel on down
Well, John Henry said to his captain
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F#
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D
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He said, a man ain't nothin' but a man
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But before I let that steam
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drill beat me down
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F#
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I'm gonna die with that
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F#
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hammer in my hand,
Lord, Lord,
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Em
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Die with that hammer in my hand
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Die with that hammer in my hand,
Lord, Lord,
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G

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D
D

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Die with that hammer in my hand
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G
G

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Well, the captain, said to John Henry,
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I do believe this mountain's sinkin' in.
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C
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John Henry just laughed at the captain,
and he said,
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F#
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That's only my hammer -suckin' wind,
Lord, Lord,
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Em
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Only my hammer -suckin' wind.
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Only my hammer -suckin' wind,
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Lord, Lord,
G
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D
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Only my hammer -suckin' wind.
Well, John Henry, he drove fifteen feet,
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D
D

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The steam drill only made nine.
G
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But, he drove so hard
C
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that he broke his poor heart,
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B
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F#
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And he laid down his hammer and he died,
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Lord, Lord
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B
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Em
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Laid down his hammer and he died
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B
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C
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F#
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Laid down his hammer and he died,
Lord, Lord
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D
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F#
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Laid down his hammer and he died
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Well, they took John Henry
to the graveyard
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They buried his body in the sand
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G
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F#
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C
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Well, every locomotive come a -roarin' by,
singin'
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F#
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G
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There lies a steel -drivin' man,
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Lord, Lord
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Em
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There lies a steel -drivin' man
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B
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F#
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There lies a steel -drivin' man,
Lord, Lord
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D
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G
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There lies a steel -drivin' man
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G
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There lies a steel -drivin' man,
Lord, Lord
F#
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G
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Em
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Ebm
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There lies a steel -drivin' man
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F#
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There lies a steel -drivin' man,
Lord, Lord
Em
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C
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G
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There lies a steel - Private Matt

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