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