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