Chords for John Henry by Odetta

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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm]
And John [G] Henry was a little baby, _ _ sitting on his _ mama's lap
[Gm] _ If [G] the pig had been tunneled under sea and no roads were paved
The death of a mean lord would have paved the death of a [Gm] man
And John [G] Henry was a [G] little baby, _ sitting on his _ papa's knee
_ He pulled it to a hammer, a little piece of steel
Said, hammer gonna be the death of a mean lord, lord
Hammer gonna be the death of a [Gm] man
John [G] Henry had a little home
_ And _ Mary _ _ Magdalene, every day she would sing
John Henry, _ here is hammer when it swing, lord, here is hammer when it [Gm] swing
And now the [G] cop says, John Henry, can you not bring that steam drill around
Can you not bring that steam drill out
_ I'm gonna put the steel on down
I'm gonna _ _ put the steel on [Gm] down
John [G] Henry said, here's the camp, you _ need nothing but a man
And not a fool like the old steam drill, baby
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[G] _ The death is a shake, shake, cow, don't you [Gm] sing
And I'm [G] going to _ _ _ _ _ _ the coal still ring, lord, listen to the coal still ring
John Henry said, here's the camp, hang on, you'll know what I see
Came in and broke your hole, it shook you
Came through still like a mean lord, lord, came through still like a steel
John Henry was working on the mountain
And was striking fire, _ _ _ _ _ just for a hearty
Lay _ _ _ _ _ _ down this hammer and it's [Gm] died
I'm _ [G] gonna shoot my pretty little feet
And pick on the glove of my hand
And stay on the kiss of my red ruby lips
I don't need no man, lordy, lordy, I'm a steel-loving [Gm] man
Lord, [G] I'm a steel-loving man _ _
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