The Day John Henry Died

The Day John Henry Died easy guitar chords by Drive-by Truckers

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  • Verse 1
    watched 
    the rain; it 
    settled 
    in. 
    We 

    disappeared 
    for 
    days 
    again. 

    Most 
    of 
    us 
    were stay
    ing 
    in, 

    lazy 
    like 
    the 
    sky. 

    The 
    letters 
    flew 
    across 
    the 
    wire 

    filtered 
    through 
    a million 
    liars. 

    The 
    whole 
    world 
    smelled 
    like 
    burning 

    tires 
    the 
    day 
    John 
    Henry 
    died. 

    Verse 2
    We 
    knew 
    about 
    that 
    big 
    machine 
    that 
    ran 

    on 
    human 
    hope 
    an
    steam. 

    Bet
    on 
    John 
    were 
    far 
    between 

    and 
    mostly 
    on 
    the side. 

    We 
    heard 
    he 
    put 
    up 
    quite 
    fight. 
    His 
    hands 

    and 
    feet 
    turned 
    snowy 
    white. 

    That 
    ham
    mer 
    rang 
    out 
    through 
    the 

    night 
    the 
    day 
    John 
    Henry 
    died. 

    When 
    John 
    Verse 3
    Henry 
    was 
    little 
    bitty 
    baby 

    nobody 
    ever 
    taught 
    him 
    how 
    to 
    read 

    But 
    he 
    knew 
    the 
    perfect 
    way 
    to 
    hold 
    hammer 

    was 
    the 
    way 
    the 
    railroad 
    baron 
    held 
    the 
    deed. 

    Verse 4
    It 
    didn't 
    matter 
    if 
    he 
    won, 

    if 
    he 
    lived, 
    or if 
    he'd 
    run. 

    They 
    changed 
    the 
    way 
    his 
    job 
    was 

    done. 
    Labor 
    costs 
    were 
    high. 

    That 
    new 
    machine 
    was 
    cheap 
    as 
    hell 
    and 

    only 
    John 
    would 
    work 
    as 
    well, 

    So 
    they 
    left 
    him 
    laying 
    where 
    he 
    fell 

    the 
    day 
    John 
    Henry 
    died. 

    Verse 5

    John 
    Henry 
    was 
    steel-driving 
    bastard 
    bastard 

    but 
    John 
    Henry 
    was 
    bas
    tard 
    just 
    the same. 

    An 
    engine 
    never 
    thinks 
    about 
    his 
    daddy 
    and 
    an 
    en

    gine 
    never 
    needs 
    to 
    write 
    its 
    name. 

    Verse 6

    So 
    pack 
    your 
    bags, 
    we're 
    headed 
    west 

    and 
    L.A. ain't 
    no 
    place 
    to 
    rest. 

    You'll 
    need 
    some 
    sleep 
    to 
    pass 
    the 
    test, 

    so get 
    some 
    on 
    the 
    flight 

    And 
    say 
    your 
    prayers 
    John 
    Henry 
    Ford 
    'cause 

    we 
    don't 
    need 
    your 
    work 
    no 
    more. 

    You 
    should 
    have 
    known 
    the fi
    nal 
    score 
    the day 
    John 
    Henry 
    died. 

    Outro 1






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