Tonart: Ab major
Intro 1
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D
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Verse 1
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Henry
D
Just a -sittin' on his pappy's knee,
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G
Good Lord, he picked up a hammer
C
and a little bit of steel,
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G
Hammer gonna be the death of me,
Lord, Lord,
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B
D#m
Hammer gonna be the death of me,
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G
Ham mer gonna be the death of me,
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G
Hammer gonna be the death of me.
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G
Well, John Henry made him a
steel -drivin' man
D
Belongs to a steel -drivin' crew
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Good Lord, every time John
G
F#
C
Henry's hammer comes down
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G
You can hear that steel
walkin' through,
B
D#m
Hear that steel walkin' through
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G
Hear that steel walkin' through,
G
D
F#
Hear that steel walkin' through
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Well, John Henry said to his shaker,
D
Well, shaker, why don't you sing?
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I swing a forty -pound hammer
B
C
with my hips on down
G
F#
Just listen to that coal -steel ring,
Lord, Lord,
G
Em
listen to that coal -steel ring
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G
Listen to that coal -steel ring,
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D
F#
Lord, Lord, listen to that coal -steel ring
G
F#
Well, the captain said to John Henry,
G
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D
I'm gonna bring me a steam drill round
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G
I'm gonna take that drill
C
to the end of the tunnel
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F#
B
F#
I'm gonna whop that steel on down,
B
D#m
Lord, Lord, whop that steel on down
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Whop that steel on down, Lord, Lord,
D
G
F#
Whop that steel on down
Well, John Henry said to his captain
G
F#
G
D
He said, a man ain't nothin' but a man
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But before I let that steam
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F#
I'm gonna die with that
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F#
hammer in my hand,
Lord, Lord,
B
Em
Die with that hammer in my hand
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Die with that hammer in my hand,
Lord, Lord,
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D
G
Die with that hammer in my hand
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G
Well, the captain, said to John Henry,
D
I do believe this mountain's sinkin' in.
G
C
John Henry just laughed at the captain,
and he said,
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F#
That's only my hammer -suckin' wind,
Lord, Lord,
B
Em
Only my hammer -suckin' wind.
G
Only my hammer -suckin' wind,
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D
G
Only my hammer -suckin' wind.
Well, John Henry, he drove fifteen feet,
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D
The steam drill only made nine.
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that he broke his poor heart,
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B
F#
And he laid down his hammer and he died,
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B
Em
Laid down his hammer and he died
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B
C
F#
Laid down his hammer and he died,
Lord, Lord
G
D
F#
Laid down his hammer and he died
G
Well, they took John Henry
to the graveyard
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They buried his body in the sand
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G
F#
C
Well, every locomotive come a -roarin' by,
singin'
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B
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G
There lies a steel -drivin' man,
B
Em
Ebm
There lies a steel -drivin' man
F#
B
F#
There lies a steel -drivin' man,
Lord, Lord
G
D
G
There lies a steel -drivin' man
C
G
There lies a steel -drivin' man,
Lord, Lord
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G
Em
Ebm
There lies a steel -drivin' man
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F#
There lies a steel -drivin' man,
Lord, Lord
Em
C
D
G
There lies a steel - Private Matt
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