Chords for Justin Townes Earle - They Killed John Henry || Baeble Music

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_ _ _ _ _ I forgot the lyrics.
_ _ I can't.
I'm [D#] sorry.
I [C#] can't remember.
It happens to me sometimes when I'm writing them.
I'll do it.
I'll tell you when I'll do another [A#] new one. _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ [D] We'll start with, uh, _ _ they killed John Henry for my dear departed grandfather. _ _ _ _ _ _
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Well, when John Henry died, he lay looking at the sun.
[A] He said, Lord, [F#m] take me now, my [D] work is done.
Lord, Lord, [A] Lord, [F#m] take me now, my [D] work is done.
He ever went and laid him out in that box of pine.
[F#m] Boy, he laid that hammer [D] by his side.
Lord, Lord, [A] he [F#m] laid that hammer [D] by his side.
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He had no hill he wasn't, he'd job he'd find.
[F#m] Boy, he'd break your knees, [D] break your spine.
Lord, [A] Lord, he'd break your knees, [D] break your spine.
Yeah, they killed Joe Hill, put a bullet to his name.
[F#m] But that bullet made a martyr [D] of the same.
Lord, [F#m] Lord, bullet made a martyr [D] of the same.
_ Alright. _ _ _ _ _
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Yeah, my granddaddy worked his whole damn life.
[A] Well, he never [F#m] saved a nigger [D] who he tried.
Lord, [A] Lord, never [F#m] saved a nigger [D] who he _ tried.
And he died in Tennessee, but he couldn't find no rest
[F#m] with that long road to Texas [D] light.
Lord, Lord, [F#m] long road to Texas [D] light. _
Alright, my long road. _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [D] _ Long road, baby, I say. _ _ _ _ _ _
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Yes, I ain't no great man.
And, Lord, I expect [A] the lead.
Long life [F#m] working [D] in need.
Dead, Lord, Lord.
[A] Long life working [D] in need. _ _
They killed John Henry, they killed John Henry.
They killed John Henry, [A] but [D] they won't kill me.
They killed John Henry, they killed John Henry.
They killed John Henry, [A] but [D] they won't kill _
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_ _ _ [G] me.
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