Misc Traditional – John Henry chords

John Henry
Tuning: standard
Tabbed by: sixstringhippie

Verse 1:
      DWell every monday morning
                   C    G    AWhen the bluebirds begin to sing
         D              G7You can see John Henry out on the line
         DYou can hear John Henry's hammering
                                   A7      DLord lord you can hear John Henry's hammering

Verse 2:
DWhen John Henry was a little baby
               C    G    CSittin' on his daddy's knee
    D                        G7He picked up a hammer and a little piece of steel
      DSaid hammer's gonna be the death of me
                      A7       DHammer's gonna be the death of me

Verse 3:
DWell the captain said to john henry
                 C      G      CGonna bring me a steam drill 'round
      D                      G7Gonna bring me a steam drill out on the job
       DGonna whup that steel on down
                        A7        DOh Lord gonna whup that steel on down

Verse 4:
DJohn Henry said to his captain
            C       G     AA man ain't nothin' but a man
      D                           G7And before I let that steam drill beat me down
     DI'll die with a hammer in my hand
                        A7            DOh Lord I'll die with a hammer in my  hand

Verse 5:
DJohn Henry he drove fifteen feet
     C          G          AThe steam drill only made nine
       D                    G7But he hammered so hard he broke his heart
        DAnd he laid down his hammer and died
                          A7         DOh Lord he laid down his hammer and died

Verse 6:
DThe took john henry to the graveyard
         C          G      AAnd the buried hin in the sand
     D                        G7And every locomotive comes a roaring by
      D     Says there lies a steel driving man
                      A7            DOh Lord there lies a steel driving man