John Henry Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[D]John henry when he was a baby
Sitting on his papas [A]knee
[Em]Well he pi[D]cked up a hammer[Bm]
and a little [D]piece of steel
[Bm]Said a hammer[D]s gonna
be the death of me
Lord
[Bm]Hammer [D]gonna be [Bm]the death[D]
[Bm]of m[D]e[Bm][D]
When the cap[Bm]tain said to john henry

[Verse 2]
[D]Gonna bring that steam drill [A]around
[Em]Gon [D]na bring that steam
drill out on this job
And ill whop that steel on [A]down [D]lord
[Bm]Gonna whop that stee[D]l
[Bm]on d[D]own.[Bm]
Whop that [D]steel on down lord lord
Whop [Bm]that [D]steel [Bm]on d[D]own.
John [Bm]henry said

[Verse 3]
to the captain
[D]You can bring [Bm]that [D]steam drill [A]around.
[Em]You can [D]bring that steam
drill out on this job
And ill beat that steam drill [A]down lord.
[Bm]Beat that [D]stea[Bm]m dri[D]ll down

[Interlude 1]
[D][Bm][D][Bm][D][Bm][A]
[Em][Bm][D][Bm][D][Bm][A][D][Bm][D]
[Bm][D]

[Verse 4]
[D]John henry had a little woman
Well [Bm]her name it was [D]polly [A]anne
John [D]henry took sick and had to go to bed. [Bm]Polly
[A]dro[D]ve [Bm]stee[D]l li[Bm]ke a man l[D]ord
[Bm]Polly drove [D]steel like a man.

[Verse 5]
John henry [D]hammered in the mountain
[Bm]Till the head [D]of his hammer
caught [A]fire.[Em]
[A]Well he [D]worked so har[Bm]d
that he broke [D]his poor heart
And he laid down his hammer
[A]and he died [Bm]lord[D] lord[Bm]
Laid down [D]his hammer and he died.

[Verse 6]
[D]
Well every monday morning
When the bluebirds begin to sing
You can hear john [Bm]henry from
[D]half a mile
You can hear john henrys hammer
[A]ring [D]lord[Bm]
[D]Hear john henrys [A]hammer [D]ring
[A][D]