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