Tonart: D major
Intro 1
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Am
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G
Verse 1
was a little baby
Bb
F
G
Sitting on his daddy's knee
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And a little piece of steel
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G
C
Hammer's gonna be the death of me"
Verse 2
C
Well, the Captain, he said to John Henry
"I'm gonna bring that steam
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G
drill around
C
I'm gonna bring that steam drill
C
G
I'm gonna knock that steel all down
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G
God, God
Am
C
G
C
I'm gonna knock that steel all down"
Verse 3
C
John Henry, he told his Captain
Bb
F
G
"Lord, a man ain't nothing but a man"
F
Your steam drill beat me down
G
C
hammer in my hand
G
Am
Lord, Lord
G
C
hammer in my hand"
Verse 4
C
John Henry was driving on the right side
Bb
F
G
That steam drill was driving on the left
F
Your steam drill beat me down
G
C
self to the death
G
Am
Lord, Lord
C
G
I'm gonna hammer my full self to
C
the death"
Interlude 1
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Am
G
F
G
C
Well, the Captain, he said to John
Verse 5
C
Henry
F
G
"What is that storm I hear"
C
F
John Henry said "That ain't no storm,
Captain
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G
C
That's just my hammer in the air
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G
C
That's just my hammer in the air"
Verse 6
John Henry, he said to his shaker
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G
"Shaker, why don't you sing
C
'Cause I'm swinging 30 pounds
F
From my hips on down, yeah
C
G
Listen to my cold steel ring
Am
C
G
C
Listen to my cold steel ring"
Am
G
F
Verse 7
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C
John Henry, he hammered in
the mountains
F
G
His hammer was striking fire
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G
John Henry laid down
his hammer and died
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Am
Lord, Lord
C
G
John Henry laid down his hammer
C
and died
Verse 8
C
John Henry, now he had him a woman
F
G
By the name of Polly Ann
C
She went out on those tracks
F
Picked up John Henry's hammer
C
G
And Polly drove steel like a man
C
Am
Lord, Lord
C
G
C
Polly drove that steel like a man
Verse 9
now every Monday morning
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G
When, a bluebird, he began to sing
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You could hear John Henry
C
Yeah, you could hear John
C
Am
Lord, Lord
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G
You could hear John Henry's
G
I said, you could hear John Henry's
Verse 10
hammer ring
G
F
You could hear John Henry's hammer ring
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TunerE A D G B E
Akkorde & SongtexteC Am G F Bb
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