Key: D major
Intro 1
D
Bm
A
G
A
Verse 1
was a little baby
C
G
A
Sitting on his daddy's knee
D
A
D
Hammer's gonna be the death of me"
Verse 2
"I'm gonna bring that steam
G
A
drill around
D
A
I'm gonna knock that steel all down
D
A
God, God
Bm
D
A
D
I'm gonna knock that steel all down"
Verse 3
C
G
A
"Lord, a man ain't nothing but a man"
A
D
hammer in my hand
A
Bm
Lord, Lord
A
D
hammer in my hand"
Verse 4
C
G
A
That steam drill was driving on the left
A
D
self to the death
A
Bm
Lord, Lord
D
A
I'm gonna hammer my full self to
D
the death"
Interlude 1
D
Bm
A
G
A
Verse 5
D
Henry
G
A
"What is that storm I hear"
D
G
John Henry said "That ain't no storm,
Captain
D
A
D
That's just my hammer in the air
D
A
D
That's just my hammer in the air"
Verse 6
John Henry, he said to his shaker
G
A
"Shaker, why don't you sing
D
A
Listen to my cold steel ring
Bm
D
A
D
Listen to my cold steel ring"
Bm
A
G
Verse 7
A
the mountains
G
A
His hammer was striking fire
D
A
John Henry laid down
his hammer and died
D
Bm
Lord, Lord
D
A
John Henry laid down his hammer
D
and died
Verse 8
G
A
By the name of Polly Ann
D
A
And Polly drove steel like a man
D
Bm
Lord, Lord
D
A
D
Polly drove that steel like a man
Verse 9
now every Monday morning
G
A
When, a bluebird, he began to sing
D
Bm
Lord, Lord
D
A
You could hear John Henry's
Verse 10
hammer ring
A
G
You could hear John Henry's hammer ring
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