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