60
John Henry - traditional - 60 bpm
Well, John
G
Henry
was a little
baby
G
sittin' on his
daddy's
D
knee
He
G
pick up a
hammer and a
C
little piece of
steel,
Said, "That
G
hammer's gonna
D
be the death of
G
me, Lord,
Em
Lord
That
G
hammer's gonna
D
be the death of
G
me"
Now the
G
captain he
said to John
Henry,
"I'm
G
gonna bring that
steam drill
D
'round
I'm
G
gonna bring that
steam drill
C
out on these
tracks
I'm
G
gonna knock that
D
steel on
G
down, God,
Em
God
G
Gonna knock that
D
steel on
G
down"
John
G
Henry
said to his
captain,
"Lord,
G
man ain't
nothin' but a
D
man
Be
G
fore I let that
steam drill
C
beat me on
down
I'll
G
die with a
D
hammer in my
G
hand, Lord,
Em
Lord
G
Die with a
D
hammer in my
G
hand"
John
G
Henry
driving on the
right side
That
G
steam drill
driving on the
D
left
Says, "Be
G
fore I'll
let your
C
steam drill beat me
down
I'll
G
hammer my
D
self to
G
death, Lord,
Em
Lord
I'll
G
hammer my
D
fool self to
G
death"
Well,
G
captain
said to John
Henry,
"What
G
is that
storm I
D
hear?"
John
G
Henry
said, "
C
That ain't no
storm
Captain,
G
that's just my
D
hammer in the
G
air, Lord,
Em
Lord
G
That's just my
D
hammer in the
G
air"
John
G
Henry
said to his
shaker
G
"Shaker, why
don't you
D
sing?
'Cause I'm
G
swigin' thirty
pounds from my
C
hips on
down
Yeah,
G
listen to my
D
cold steel
G
ring, Lord,
Em
Lord
G
Listen to my
D
cold steel
G
ring"
Now John
G
Henry, he
hammered in the
mountains
His
G
hammer was
striking
D
fire
But he
G
worked so
hard,
C
he broke his
heart
John
G
Henry laid his
D
hammer down and
G
died, Lord,
Em
Lord
John
G
Henry laid his
D
hammer down and
G
died
Well, now John
G
Henry, he
had him a
woman
She
G
walked out on the
tracks, picked
C
up John Henry's
hammer
G
Polly drove
D
steel like a
G
man, Lord,
Em
Lord
G
Polly drove that
D
steel like a
G
man
Well
G
every,
every Monday
morning
When the
G
bluebird he be
gun to
D
sing
You can
G
hear John
Henry from a
C
mile or
more
You can
G
hear John
D
Henry's hammer
G
ring, Lord,
Em
Lord
You can
G
hear John
D
Henry's hammer
G
ring