John Henry Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]Whe[Gm]n[Bb][Gm][Am][C][Dsus4]
[G]
John Henry was a little baby
Sittin' on his mama's knee
[D]Well he picked [G]up a feather
and a [C]piece of steel
And said that's gonna
[G]be the death of me
[C]Lord, Lord, Lord that's gonna
[G]be [D]the death [G]of me
Well John Henry had a little woman
Name of Polly Ann
[D]Well John [G]got sick [C]had to
lay down on the bed
[G]Polly drove steel like [C]a man
Lord, Lord, Lord,
Polly drove [D]steel like a man
[G]

[Verse 2]
Well John Henry went up on the mountain
Well the mountain was sinkin' [D]in
[G]He said come on captai[C]n
I know what I'm doin'
It ain't noth[G]in' but my hammer
suckin' [C]wind
Lord, Lord, Lord, It ain't nothin' but my
[D]hammer suckin' wind

[Interlude 1]
[D][G]
[D][G][C]

[Verse 3]
[C]Well[G][C][G][D][G]
John [Gm]Henry[Bb]
[Gm]went [Am]up on[D] t[G]he mountain
Lord the mountain was so high
He said we're gonna shake this
steel drivin' down
Give me a [D]cool drink of
water before [G]I die
[C]Give me a cool [G]drink of
[C]water before I die
[G]Some say he [D]came from England Some say he

[Verse 4]
[G]
came from Spain
But John Henry [D]was [G]nothin'
but [C]a Louisiana man
[G]And he died with his hammer
[C]in his hand
Lord, [G]Lord, Lord,
[D]he [G]died with his hammer in his [D]hand[G][C][G]
Steel drivin' man,
[C]he [G]die[D]d with his ha[G]mmer in his[Bb] hand
[Am]Lord [D]ain't nothin' but[G] my hammer
[C]suckin' wind[G]
etc. etc.