Chords for Clifton Hicks - John Henry - Clawhammer Banjo

Tempo:
114.15 bpm
Chords used:

B

A

Am

F#

F

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Clifton Hicks - John Henry - Clawhammer Banjo chords
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[A] [Em]
[A]
[Am]
[B] [Am]
[Em]
[F#] [B] [Am]
[F] [A]
[F]
[B] [A]
[F#m] [Am] [B]
[Am]
[B]
[A] [B] [A]
[B] [A]
[B]
[F#]
[B] [A]
[B] He's gone [Am] away the
[B] [A]
[F#]
[A]
devil, he's gone away the devil, he's gone away the devil.
He was hammered [B] on that [F#] mountainside, till his hammer was a striking five.
Well [B] the rocks was [A] so tall, poor Johnny was so small, he laid [B] down his hammer and he died.
[Am]
He laid down his [B] hammer and he died.
[Am] Yonder lies a, he carried him down [F#] to the railroad tracks, buried him down in the [A] sand.
Every locomotive became a roaring bike ride.
Yonder lies a [Am] steel driving man.
[B] Yonder lies one hell [A] of a man.
[Am] [A]
[C]
[A]
[B] [Am]
[B]
[A]
Some people say he [B] came from [A] Tennessee, some people say from Alabama.
Hell I don't give a damn where that poor boy was from.
You know he was [B] a steel driving [Am] man.
[A] You know he was [B] one hell [A] of a man.
[F] [A]
[B]
[Am]
[B] [A]
John Henry.
Well guys that's my own original arrangement of that old song.
That's a GCGCC relative, I'm tuned a lot lower.
[N] And yeah keep your eyes peeled, I'm going to post another video and try to teach y'all how I play that one.
Alright thanks for looking.
Key:  
B
12341112
A
1231
Am
2311
F#
134211112
F
134211111
B
12341112
A
1231
Am
2311
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[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ [B] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [B] _ [Am] _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
[B] He's gone [Am] away the _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ devil, _ he's gone away the devil, he's gone away the devil.
He was hammered [B] on that _ [F#] mountainside, till his hammer was a striking five.
_ Well [B] the rocks was [A] so tall, poor Johnny was so small, he laid [B] down his hammer and he died. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
He laid down his [B] hammer and he died.
[Am] Yonder lies a, _ _ _ he _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ carried him down [F#] to the railroad tracks, _ buried him down in the [A] sand.
_ _ _ Every locomotive became a roaring bike ride.
Yonder lies a [Am] steel driving man. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] Yonder lies one hell [A] of a man. _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Some people say he [B] came from [A] Tennessee, _ some people say from Alabama.
_ _ Hell I don't give a damn where that poor boy was from.
You know he was [B] a steel driving [Am] man. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] You know he was [B] one hell [A] of a man. _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ John Henry. _ _ _
_ _ Well guys that's my own original arrangement of that old song.
_ _ _ _ That's a _ _ _ _ GCGCC relative, I'm tuned a lot lower.
[N] And yeah keep your eyes peeled, I'm going to post another video and try to teach y'all how I play that one.
Alright thanks for looking. _

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