Tom: D major
Intro 1
G
D
G
Verse 1
three days old,
D
sitting on his mammy's knee.
G
Well, he picked up a hammer
C
and a little piece of steel,
G
said, it's gonna be the death of me.
D
G
Well, it's gonna be the death of me.
Captain said to John Henry,
D
I'm gonna bring my steam drill around,
G
C
I'm gonna bring my steam drill out on the job,
G
I'm gonna whup that steel on down,
D
G
Lord, Lord, whup that steel on down.
John Henry said to his boss man,
D
he said a man ain't nothing but a man,
C
steam drill beat me down,
G
I'll die with this hammer in my hand,
well, I'll die with this
hammer in my hand.
John Henry said to his shaker,
D
he said shaker why don't you sing,
G
you know I'm swinging nine pounds
cold steel ring,
D
G
just listen to the cold steel ring.
John Henry said to his shaker,
D
Bm
he said shaker why don't you pray,
G
you know that if my hammer misses
C
that little piece of steel
G
and tomorrow be your burying day,
D
G
tomorrow be your burying day.
Well the captain said to John Henry,
my lord I believe this
G
C
John Henry laughed at his captain
G
and he said it ain't nothing
but my hammer sucking wind,
D
it ain't nothing but my hammer
Well John Henry said to the captain,
D
well look yonder what I see.
C
Cm
you're drill done broken,
G
you can't drive steel like me,
D
G
D
G
well you can't drive steel like me.
Well, man who invented that steam drill,
D
He thought he was mighty fine.
G
But John Henry drove down
G
And the steam drill only made nine.
D
G
Steam drill only made nine.
But John Henry hammered that morning,
Until his hammer was striking fire.
D
G
And he worked so hard
C
that he broke his poor heart
Cm
G
An d laid down his hammer
and he died
D
G
And he laid down his hammer and he died
Well they took John Henry
to the graveyard
D
And they buried him in the sand
G
And every locomotive comes
G
Say there lays a steel -drivin' man
D
G
Well, now, there lays a steel -drivin' man
He was a steel -drivin' man
D
G
He was a steel -drivin' man
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