Caamp – John Henry chords

[Intro]
A     G    E    E      x4

E (hammer-on 1st finger) 4 count

[Verse]
A          G            E       E   These days ain't so easy mama
A          G            E       E   Gotta watch your back
A          G            E       EI   take   my whiskey straight
A          G            E       Echewin' on the pieces from my past
A          G            E       EIn the day I wouldn't take back

E (hammer-on 1st finger) 4 count

A          G            E       EAnd I'm no John Henry, mama
A          G            E       EI do my best
A          G            E       EWith this guitar strapped to my back, child
A          G            E       EI'm headed west
A          G            E       EI'm headed west

E (hammer-on 1st finger) 4 count

[Solo]
A          G            E       E   (x4)

E (hammer-on 1st finger) 4 count

A          G            E       EGo to sleep when the sun comes up now
A          G            E       Eon this dead beat town
A          G            E       EI come alive in the moonlight mama when that
A          G            E       ESun goes down
A          G            E       EWhen that sun goes down

E (hammer-on 1st finger) 4 count

A          G            E       EAnd I'm no John Henry, mama
A          G            E       EI do my best
A          G            E       EWith this guitar strapped to my back child
A          G            E       EAnd I'm headed west
A          G            E       E   Headed west

A          G            E       E   Walk away from my grave
A          G            E       E    With these boots still o-on
A          G            E       E   Dead soul needs savin'
A          G            E       E   Gon' grab my gun
A          G            E       E   Gonna grab my gun

A          G            E       E   And I'm no John Henry
A          G            E       E   I do my best
A          G            E       E   With this guitar strapped to my back, child
A          G            E       EAnd I'm headed we-est

A          G            E       EAnd I'm no John Henry, mama
A          G            E       EI do my best
A          G            E       EWith this guitar strapped to my back, child
A          G            E       EI'm headed west
A          G            E       EAnd I'm headed west
A          G            E       EAnd I'm headed west

                   A       G    E       ESpeed up and repeat: I’m headed west

[Single Strums]
  A   G   E

A                E   I’m heading… West.