Chords for Joe Bonamassa Official - "The Ballad Of John Henry" - Live at the Vienna Opera House

Tempo:
133.45 bpm
Chords used:

D

F

G

A

Dm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Joe Bonamassa Official - "The Ballad Of John Henry" - Live at the Vienna Opera House chords
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[F] [D]
[F]
[G] [D] [F]
[D] [F]
[G] You killed [Dm] John Henry, in [D]
[F] the battle [G] of San [D] Antonio.
[A] [D]
[F] [G] You [D] killed John Henry, [F] [Dm]
[F] in the battle [G] of San [D] Antonio.
[A] [D]
[F] [G]
You took this [A] hammer, and [F] carried it to the captain, so that his mom wouldn't worry.
[D]
You [B] took this hammer, [F] and carried it to the [A] captain, so that his mom wouldn't [D] worry.
I don't want your iron shackles around my leg.
I [G] don't want your [A#] iron shackles [D] [Am] around my [A]
leg.
[Dm] John Henry,
[D] [F] in the battle [G] of San [D] Antonio.
[A]
[D] [F]
[G] You killed [D] John Henry, [F] in the battle [G] of San Antonio.
[B] [D]
[F] [G] [A] I'm a long way from California, long [E] way from my [D] home.
Take this hammer, [A] to kill John Henry, cause it won't kill no more.
[D] Take [A] this hammer, [G] to kill John Henry, cause it won't kill me.
[D]
Take [B] this hammer, to kill [F#] John Henry, cause it [C#] won't kill me.
[D] You killed John Henry, [F] [D]
[F] in the battle [G] of San [D] Antonio.
[Dm] [D]
[F] [G] You killed [D] John Henry, in [F] the battle [G] of San [D] Antonio.
[Dm]
[D] [F] [A]
[F]
[D]
[A]
[A] [D]
[A]
[F] [D]
[A]
[F] [D]
[F] [E]
[D#]
You killed John Henry, [D] in the battle of San Antonio.
You killed John Henry, [Dm]
[D]
in the battle [Gm] [G]
[E] [Dm] [G]
[Am]
of San [G]
[Dm] Antonio.
[Am] [A]
[Dm] [A]
[G] [A] You [G] [D]
[Dm] [C] [F#m]
[Dm]
[D]
[Dm]
[D]
[C] [D]
[F] [D]
[Am] killed [Dm]
[D] [C] John Henry, in the battle of San Antonio.
[A] [G]
[A] [D]
[G]
Take this hammer, to kill John Henry, tell her mom I'm going home.
[Dm] [C] Take this hammer, carry it to the captain, tell her mom I'm going.
[A] I'm a wounded man, captain.
[D] [A] I'm a wounded [F] man, in the [Bm] shack.
I'm a [C] wounded [B] man, captain.
I'm a wounded man, [A] in the shack.
[D]
[F] In the battle [G] of San [D] Antonio.
[A] [D]
[F] [G] [D] You killed John Henry, [F] in the battle [G] of San [D] Antonio.
You killed
[Dm] [D] John
[F] [G] [D]
[F] [D]
[F] [G] [D]
[A] [D]
[F] [G] [D] Henry, [A] [D]
[F] in the battle [G] of San [D] Antonio.
[Dm] [D]
[F] Here we go!
[A] [F] [D]
[A]
[F] [D]
[A]
[D]
[A]
[F] [D]
[F] [E]
[D#]
[D]
[N]
Key:  
D
1321
F
134211111
G
2131
A
1231
Dm
2311
D
1321
F
134211111
G
2131
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To start learning Joe Bonamassa - (Live at the Vienna Opera House, Live) The Ballad Of John Henry chords, centre your learning around these elemetal chords sequence: F, G, D, F, G, Dm, D, A and F. Ease into the song by practicing at 66 BPM before reaching the track's full tempo of 133 BPM. Configure the capo to your vocal range and chord preference, remembering the key of D Minor.

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_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
[G] You killed [Dm] John Henry, _ _ _ in [D] _ _ _ _
[F] the battle [G] of San [D] Antonio. _ _
_ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ [G] You [D] killed John Henry, [F] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] in the battle [G] of San [D] Antonio.
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [G] _ _
You took this [A] hammer, and [F] carried it to the captain, so that his mom wouldn't worry.
[D] _ _
You [B] took this hammer, [F] and carried it to the [A] captain, so that his mom wouldn't [D] worry.
I don't want your iron _ shackles _ around my leg. _
I [G] don't want your [A#] iron shackles [D] _ _ [Am] around my [A] _
leg.
[Dm] _ John Henry, _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [F] in the battle [G] of San [D] Antonio.
_ _ _ [A] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ [G] You killed [D] John Henry, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] in the battle [G] of San Antonio. _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [G] _ [A] I'm a long way from California, _ _ _ long [E] way from my _ [D] home.
_ Take this hammer, [A] to kill John Henry, cause it won't kill no more.
_ _ [D] Take [A] this hammer, [G] to kill John Henry, cause it won't kill me.
_ _ [D] _
Take [B] this hammer, to kill [F#] John Henry, cause it [C#] won't kill me.
[D] You killed John Henry, _ [F] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ [F] in the battle [G] of San [D] Antonio.
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [G] You killed [D] John Henry, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ in [F] the battle [G] of San [D] Antonio.
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D#] _ _ _ _
You killed John Henry, [D] _ _ in the battle of San Antonio. _
_ _ _ You _ _ _ _ killed John Henry, _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ in the battle [Gm] _ _ _ [G] _ _
[E] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
_ of San _ _ _ _ [G] _
[Dm] Antonio. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [A] You _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [F#m] _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [Am] killed _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [C] _ John Henry, in the battle of San Antonio. _
_ [A] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Take this hammer, to kill John Henry, tell her mom I'm going home.
_ [Dm] _ [C] Take this hammer, carry it to the captain, tell her mom I'm going.
_ _ _ [A] I'm a wounded man, _ _ captain.
[D] _ [A] I'm a wounded [F] man, in the [Bm] shack.
I'm a [C] wounded _ _ _ [B] man, captain.
I'm a wounded man, _ _ [A] _ in the shack. _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[F] In the battle [G] of San [D] Antonio. _ _
_ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ [G] _ [D] You killed John Henry, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] in the battle [G] of San [D] Antonio.
You killed _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ [D] John _ _
_ [F] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ Henry, [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[F] in the battle [G] of San [D] Antonio. _
_ [Dm] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[F] Here we go!
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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This song is part of An Acoustic Evening album.

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