Key: F# major•
Verse 1
F#
C#
F#
One of these days I'm gonna
C#
F#
lay this hammer down
And I won't have to drag
C#
F#
this weight around
C#
F#
Then I won't have to swing this thing
One of these days I'm gonna
C#
F#
lay this hammer down
Verse 2
F#
C#
One of these nights I'm gonna sing
a different tune
F#
C#
All night long beneath
C#
F#
Won't sing no more angry songs
One of these nights I'm gonna
C#
F#
sing a different tune
Verse 3
C#
F#
Someday when my struggle's through
C#
F#
I won't have to strive
C#
D#m
Until then all I can do
G#
C#
B
Is let my hammer fly
Verse 4
C#
F#
lay this hammer down
C#
F#
And kids don't die for gasoline
this hammer down
F#
C#
Verse 5
F#
C#
F#
John Henry was a mighty man
C#
F#
Worked his whole life long
C#
D#m
F#
When he made that hammer ring
D#m
G#
F#
G#
C#
B
He al ways sang this song
Verse 6
C#
F#
lay this hammer down
C#
F#
Then I won't have to swing this thing
One of these days I'm gonna
C#
F#
lay this hammer down
Verse 7
Outro 1
F#
C#
F#
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsF# C# B D#m G#
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