Cephas and Wiggins - John Henry Chords

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_ Well now John Henry was a little boy _ Bigger than Tom O [Am]
'Hagan
[D] By the time that boy he was nine years old Driving straight like a man
_ _ _ Driving straight like a man Now John Henry was a little boy
Sitting on his _ [Am] mammy's knees _ He [D] picked up a hammer and a little bit of steel
Hammer gonna be the death of me _ _ Hammer gonna be the death of me
_ Now John Henry said to the Captain Yeah, man you ought to see me [Am] swing
I [Dm] weigh forty-nine pounds [D] with my hips on down I love to hear that cold steel ring
I love to hear [G] that cold [D] steel ring Now John Henry said to the Captain
Yeah, _ man ain't nothing but a [A] man But [D] before I let the steam drill beat me down
I'm gonna die with this hammer in my hand _ Gonna die with this hammer in my hand _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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Now John Henry went to that tunnel to drive Steam drill was by his [Am] side _
[D] He beat that steam drill through his chest and down He laid down his hammer, Lord he died
He _ [G] laid down his hammer [D] and he died Now John Henry throws steel in a tunnel
Yeah, his hammer caught on [Am] fire He [D] looked at the water, boy, and he said
Who'll drink of water before I die _ _ _
[G] Who'll drink of water [D] before I die _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ Now the Captain said to John Henry Yeah, this mountain is caving [Am] in
_ [Dm] _ [D] John Henry said, oh Captain, yes Just my hammer sucking wind
_ _ Just [G] my hammer [D] sucking wind _ Now John Henry had a little wife
Her name was Pauline [Am] Ann [D] Now John got sick, Lord he could not get well
So Pauline drove steel like a man _ So Pauline drove steel like a man
And they took John Henry to the _ graveyard Buried him six feet in the sand
[Am] _ [Dm] Every time a _ [D]
locomotive passed by They said, there's a steel-driving man
And there lies a steel-driving man _ Now there lies a steel-driving man
_ [G] There lies a steel-driving man _
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