Chords for John Henry - Johnny Cash

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117.9 bpm
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Eb

Abm

Db

Fm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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John Henry - Johnny Cash chords
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[Eb] [Fm] [Ab]
[Eb] [Ab]
Well, John Henry was a little bitty boy, no bigger than the palm of [Eb] your hand.
[Ab] His mama looked down at [Db] John Henry [Ab] and said,
[Abm] Little Johnny gonna be [Ab] a steel driving man, Lord, Lord, [Abm] Johnny gonna [Eb] be a steel [Ab] driving man.
When John Henry was a little baby boy, sitting on his [Eb]
mama's knee,
[Ab] He picked up a hammer and [Db] a little bitty piece of [Ab] steel and said,
Hammer gonna be [Abm] the death of me, Lord, Lord, this hammer gonna be [Eb] the death [Ab] of me.
John Henry said to his captain, Hey now, captain, why don't [Eb] you sing?
I'm [Ab] swinging twenty-nine pounds [Db] from the hips [Ab] on down,
I'd love to hear that cold steel ring, Lord, Lord, I'd love to hear [Eb] that cold [Ab] steel ring.
Well,
[Eb] [Ab]
[Db] [Ab]
[Eb]
[Ab] now John Henry went down to the tunnel to drive,
Big steam drill [Eb] by his side, [Ab] but he beat that steam drill [Db] to the top of the hill,
[Abm] And then he laid down his hammer [Ab] and he died, Lord, Lord, he laid [Eb] down his hammer [Ab] and he died.
And they took John Henry to the graveyard, laid him six feet down under [Eb] the sand,
[Ab] And every steam [Db] locomotive comes [Ab] rushing by, [Abm] says, Younger lies the steel [Ab] driving man, Lord, Lord,
Younger [Eb] lies the steel [Ab] driving man.
They say younger lies the steel [Abm] driving, steel driving, steel driving,
Younger [Ab] lies the steel [Eb] driving man.
They [Abm] say younger lies the steel [Db] driving, steel [Ab] driving, steel driving,
Younger [Eb] lies the steel [Ab] driving man.
They [Abm] say younger lies the steel driving, [Ab] steel driving, steel driving,
Younger lies the steel driving [Eb] man.
They say younger lies the steel driving, steel driving, steel driving,
100%  ➙  118BPM
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Eb
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Abm
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Db
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Fm
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Ab
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Eb
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Abm
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[Eb] _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ Well, John Henry was a little bitty boy, no bigger than the palm of [Eb] your hand.
_ [Ab] His mama looked down at [Db] John Henry [Ab] and said,
[Abm] Little Johnny gonna be [Ab] a steel driving man, Lord, Lord, [Abm] Johnny gonna [Eb] be a steel [Ab] driving man.
_ When John Henry was a little baby boy, sitting on his [Eb]
mama's knee,
[Ab] He picked up a hammer and [Db] a little bitty piece of [Ab] steel and said,
Hammer gonna be [Abm] the death of me, Lord, Lord, this hammer gonna be [Eb] the death [Ab] of me.
_ _ John Henry said to his captain, Hey now, captain, why don't [Eb] you sing?
I'm [Ab] swinging twenty-nine pounds [Db] from the hips [Ab] on down,
I'd love to hear that cold steel ring, Lord, Lord, I'd love to hear [Eb] that cold [Ab] steel ring. _ _ _ _ _
Well, _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
[Db] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ now John Henry went down to the tunnel to drive,
Big steam drill [Eb] by his side, [Ab] but he beat that steam drill [Db] to the top of the hill,
[Abm] And then he laid down his hammer [Ab] and he died, Lord, Lord, he laid [Eb] down his hammer [Ab] and he died.
_ And they took John Henry to the graveyard, laid him six feet down under [Eb] the sand,
_ [Ab] And every steam [Db] locomotive comes [Ab] rushing by, [Abm] says, Younger lies the steel [Ab] driving man, Lord, Lord,
Younger [Eb] lies the steel [Ab] driving man.
They say younger lies the steel [Abm] driving, steel driving, steel driving,
Younger [Ab] lies the steel [Eb] driving man.
They [Abm] say younger lies the steel [Db] driving, steel [Ab] driving, steel driving,
Younger [Eb] lies the steel [Ab] driving man.
They [Abm] say younger lies the steel driving, [Ab] steel driving, steel driving,
Younger lies the steel driving [Eb] man.
They say younger lies the steel driving, steel driving, steel driving, _ _

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