More About John Henry chords by
Tom T. Hall

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Key: Bb major•

Verse 1

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(The Storytellers and I were doing a show down in Meridian,

Mississippi.

And these friends of mine came up and

brought me this real old book

About John Henry and they told me if they

let me read this old book I'd

Probably write a song about it.

And they did and I did and I called

it more About John Henry.)

Verse 2

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First of all John Henry was a black man

He was born where the sun

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don't ever shine

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He was six feet tall he didn't

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know his own strength

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But he did not swing

the hammer all the time

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Of course he didn't John Henry had

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some women on his mind.

Verse 3

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There was a woman cross the street

named Poor Selma

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Loved John Henry like a natural man

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John Henry quit Poor Selma just

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like he was quitting work

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He loved that stinger of Julie Anne

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And what is it a stinger is

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something else you understand.

Verse 4

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There was a man named Stacker Lee

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in Argenta a little man with a big 44

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You know he shot his woman down

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and took a shot at Poor Selma

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But ol' Stacker won't

be shooting anymore

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He had to quit it John Henry

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laid him dead on the floor.

Verse 5

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John Henry threw Stacker

Lee in the river

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Then he said I've got a say so to say

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He broke out in a song that

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was wrote by Blind Leonard

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He said Julie Anne I'm singing my say

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He said I love you but I do not

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like your lowdown ways.

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Verse 6

Well, John Henry went to

a conjuring woman

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Said this misery ain't no way to live

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Somebody's back door creeping

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on my pretty Julie Anne

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Conjure woman had a say so to give

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She said, "John Henry." she said,

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"That's just the way things is."

Verse 7

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Well, John Henry went to

a hell busting man

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Said I'm tormented deep in my soul

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Well, that hell buster prayed

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John Henry's sins away

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And they tell me that the thunder did roll

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Sweet Jesus what a frightening

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sight to behold.

Verse 8

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From that day on John Henry

was a changed man

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All he did was just work all the time

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Well, he worked till the muscles

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in his body gave out

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Then he kept right on

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a working in his mind

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Don't do it cause a man ain't

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supposed to work all the time.

Verse 9

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Julie Anne said John Henry I love you

Poor Selma said John Henry

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you're my man

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Ruby said I'm gonna cook ye up some

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greens and some lean meat

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With corn bread in a four foot pan

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With lots of cracklings but John Henry

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was a different kinda man.

Verse 10

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Well, they allow that hard work

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killed John Henry,

I'm gonna leave that allowing up to you,

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Well, was he killed by hard work or

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was he killed by bad women

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Be sure that this ain't happening to you.

Verse 11

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Quit working when your day's

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work work is through

Cause a man ain't supposed

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to work all the time

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And ain't that just the way

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the things is

A stinger is something else

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you un derstand

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Quit working when your your day's

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work is through God bless you

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