Chords for Hugh Laurie - John Henry [HQ] (Let Them Talk album)

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_ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ John Henry had a little woman _ _ _ and the dress she wore was red. _ _ _ _
She walked down the track, _ [F] she never looked back.
[D] I'm going [C] where John Henry fell [G] dead. _
[Gm] I'm going [C] where John Henry [D] fell dead.
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[C] John Henry had _ another woman _ and _ her name was Polly _ Ann. _ _
_ John Henry was sick and sick _ [F] and he had to go to [Dm] bed.
[C] Polly Ann drove still like a [E] man.
_ [C] _ _ Polly Ann drove still like a man. _ _ _ _
John Henry told his little woman,
_ _ _ Honey fix, honey fix my supper soon. _ _ _
I got ninety-nine miles of [F] track I want to line back.
I'm [C] going to line them by the [E] light of the [D] moon.
_ [C] _ I'm going to line them [D] by the light of [Am] the moon. _ _ _ _
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[C] John Henry said _ to his captain,
_ _ You know a man ain't nothing but a man. _ _
_ I'm betting right now you won't [F] beat me down.
I'm [C] going to die with my [Am] hammer in my [G] hand.
_ [C] I'm going [C] to die with my hammer in my hand. _ _ _ _
_ John Henry hammered in the mountain
_ _ _ _ _ until his hammer _ caught on fire. _ _
_ The last words I heard [F] that the poor boy say,
[Dm] Give me [C] a cool drink of water before I die. _
_ Give me a cool drink of water before I die.
_ _ Give me a cool drink of water before I die.
_ _ Give me a cool drink of water before I die. _
Give me a cool drink of water before I die.
_ Give me a cool [Gm] drink of water before [C] I die. _
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