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