Chords for The Legend Of The Steel Driving Man
Tempo:
99.45 bpm
Chords used:
Bb
Eb
C
Ab
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Ladies and gentlemen, John Henry.
[Ebm]
[Bb] [Ab] [Bb]
John Henry [Ebm]
[F] [Eb] is back!
Take you there?
And when did you start building railroads?
[Em]
Today.
Well, come on, John.
[N] You're the one that we're depending on.
Swing that hammer with all your might.
I know you can show him how to do it right.
John's hammer rang out and the tall tale grew.
John Henry, John Henry, John Henry is a mighty man.
Born with a hammer, a ten-pound hammer,
A twenty-pound hammer right in his hand.
I heard John's mama liked to sew at night,
So he pulled down the moon for a little bit of light.
It took a lot of cooking to keep John fed,
Ten dozen eggs and eight loaves of bread.
John Henry, John Henry, John Henry is a mighty man.
Born with a hammer, born with a hammer,
Born [B] with a hammer right in his hand.
He plowed the earth so [F] wide and deep,
The seed he sowed the ground had to be plowed.
His hammer [Bb] hit the earth with such a [C] mighty blow,
[N] Everything he planted would chop off and grow.
John Henry, John Henry, John Henry is a powerful man.
All our lives we've felt so poor,
John, let me show you what we're working for.
Canaan land, Canaan land, working for the Canaan land.
Home and freedom hand in hand, working for the Canaan [B] land.
[Gb] Now we're moving, moving [B] on down the line,
[Gb] John Henry's the gamble right on time.
Home and freedom, freedom hand in hand,
Working for the Canaan land.
[E] [Db]
[Gb] John Henry, [N] John Henry, John Henry is a mighty man.
[Bb] John Henry, John Henry, John Henry is a powerful man.
[Am]
[Abm] [Eb] Still got it, still [Ab] got it, still got it.
No [G] doubt about it, still got it, [Bb] still got it.
[Abm]
[Fm] [Bbm]
[G] [Fm] Well, come on, John, [F] you're the one that we're depending on.
Swing that hammer, bust that rock, come on, give it everything [C] you've got.
[G]
[C] We are the hippies, [Ab] we are the hippies, we are the hippies, the mighty [N] men.
We're born with the hammer, we're born with the hammer, we're born with the hammer, right in the neck.
Dark from the field, it's time to [G] shake.
Our rumbling armor falls before you.
[Bb] Thunder and lightning was everywhere.
[C] Oh, Lord, our banner was beyond repair.
John Henry, John Henry, John Henry, John Henry,
[N] Lord of the rap, Lord of the rap, Lord of the rap,
in his hand.
[Eb] No mountain too high, no valley too [C] low.
No river too wide, [Db] no [Bbm] place too far to go.
[Eb] Oh, believe in all the [Ab]
comforts, the battle is [F] already [Eb] won.
Oh, just keep on going, [Bb] oh, just keep on [Eb] going.
Oh, just keep on going, oh, just keep on going.
[Ebm]
[Bb] [Ab] [Bb]
John Henry [Ebm]
[F] [Eb] is back!
Take you there?
And when did you start building railroads?
[Em]
Today.
Well, come on, John.
[N] You're the one that we're depending on.
Swing that hammer with all your might.
I know you can show him how to do it right.
John's hammer rang out and the tall tale grew.
John Henry, John Henry, John Henry is a mighty man.
Born with a hammer, a ten-pound hammer,
A twenty-pound hammer right in his hand.
I heard John's mama liked to sew at night,
So he pulled down the moon for a little bit of light.
It took a lot of cooking to keep John fed,
Ten dozen eggs and eight loaves of bread.
John Henry, John Henry, John Henry is a mighty man.
Born with a hammer, born with a hammer,
Born [B] with a hammer right in his hand.
He plowed the earth so [F] wide and deep,
The seed he sowed the ground had to be plowed.
His hammer [Bb] hit the earth with such a [C] mighty blow,
[N] Everything he planted would chop off and grow.
John Henry, John Henry, John Henry is a powerful man.
All our lives we've felt so poor,
John, let me show you what we're working for.
Canaan land, Canaan land, working for the Canaan land.
Home and freedom hand in hand, working for the Canaan [B] land.
[Gb] Now we're moving, moving [B] on down the line,
[Gb] John Henry's the gamble right on time.
Home and freedom, freedom hand in hand,
Working for the Canaan land.
[E] [Db]
[Gb] John Henry, [N] John Henry, John Henry is a mighty man.
[Bb] John Henry, John Henry, John Henry is a powerful man.
[Am]
[Abm] [Eb] Still got it, still [Ab] got it, still got it.
No [G] doubt about it, still got it, [Bb] still got it.
[Abm]
[Fm] [Bbm]
[G] [Fm] Well, come on, John, [F] you're the one that we're depending on.
Swing that hammer, bust that rock, come on, give it everything [C] you've got.
[G]
[C] We are the hippies, [Ab] we are the hippies, we are the hippies, the mighty [N] men.
We're born with the hammer, we're born with the hammer, we're born with the hammer, right in the neck.
Dark from the field, it's time to [G] shake.
Our rumbling armor falls before you.
[Bb] Thunder and lightning was everywhere.
[C] Oh, Lord, our banner was beyond repair.
John Henry, John Henry, John Henry, John Henry,
[N] Lord of the rap, Lord of the rap, Lord of the rap,
in his hand.
[Eb] No mountain too high, no valley too [C] low.
No river too wide, [Db] no [Bbm] place too far to go.
[Eb] Oh, believe in all the [Ab]
comforts, the battle is [F] already [Eb] won.
Oh, just keep on going, [Bb] oh, just keep on [Eb] going.
Oh, just keep on going, oh, just keep on going.
Key:
Bb
Eb
C
Ab
F
Bb
Eb
C
Ladies and gentlemen, John Henry.
_ [Ebm] _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Bb] _ _
John Henry _ _ _ _ [Ebm] _
_ [F] [Eb] is back!
_ _ Take you there?
_ _ And when did you start building railroads?
[Em]
Today.
_ _ _ _ Well, come on, John.
_ [N] You're the one that we're depending on.
Swing that hammer with all your might.
I know you can show him how to do it right.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ John's hammer rang out and the tall tale grew.
John Henry, John Henry, John Henry is a mighty man.
Born with a hammer, a ten-pound hammer,
A twenty-pound hammer right in his hand.
I heard John's mama liked to sew at night,
So he pulled down the moon for a little bit of light.
It took a lot of cooking to keep John fed,
Ten dozen eggs and eight loaves of bread.
John Henry, John Henry, John Henry is a mighty man.
Born with a hammer, born with a hammer,
Born [B] with a hammer right in his hand.
He plowed the earth so [F] wide and deep,
The seed he sowed the ground had to be plowed.
His hammer [Bb] hit the earth with such a [C] mighty blow,
[N] Everything he planted would chop off and grow.
John Henry, John Henry, John Henry is a powerful man.
All our lives we've felt so poor,
John, let me show you what we're working for.
Canaan land, Canaan land, working for the Canaan land.
Home and freedom hand in hand, working for the Canaan [B] land.
_ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ Now we're moving, moving [B] on down the line,
[Gb] John Henry's the gamble right on time.
Home and freedom, freedom hand in hand,
Working for the Canaan land.
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [Db] _
_ _ _ _ [Gb] _ John Henry, [N] John _ Henry, John Henry is a mighty man. _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ John Henry, John Henry, John Henry is a powerful man.
_ _ [Am] _
_ [Abm] _ _ [Eb] _ Still got it, _ still [Ab] got it, still got it.
No [G] doubt about it, still got it, [Bb] still got it.
_ _ _ _ _ [Abm] _
_ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _
[G] _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ Well, come on, John, _ _ [F] you're the one that we're depending on.
Swing that hammer, bust that rock, come on, give it everything [C] you've got.
_ [G] _
_ _ _ [C] _ We are the hippies, [Ab] we are the hippies, we are the hippies, the mighty [N] men.
We're born with the hammer, we're born with the hammer, we're born with the hammer, right in the neck.
Dark from the field, it's time to [G] shake.
Our rumbling armor falls before you.
[Bb] Thunder and lightning was everywhere.
[C] Oh, Lord, our banner was beyond repair.
John Henry, John Henry, John Henry, John Henry,
[N] Lord of the rap, Lord of the rap, Lord of the rap,
in his hand. _
_ [Eb] _ No mountain too high, no valley too [C] low.
No river too wide, [Db] no [Bbm] place too far to go.
[Eb] Oh, believe in all the [Ab]
comforts, the battle is [F] already [Eb] won.
Oh, just keep on going, [Bb] oh, just keep on [Eb] going.
Oh, just keep on going, oh, just keep on going. _ _ _
_ [Ebm] _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Bb] _ _
John Henry _ _ _ _ [Ebm] _
_ [F] [Eb] is back!
_ _ Take you there?
_ _ And when did you start building railroads?
[Em]
Today.
_ _ _ _ Well, come on, John.
_ [N] You're the one that we're depending on.
Swing that hammer with all your might.
I know you can show him how to do it right.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ John's hammer rang out and the tall tale grew.
John Henry, John Henry, John Henry is a mighty man.
Born with a hammer, a ten-pound hammer,
A twenty-pound hammer right in his hand.
I heard John's mama liked to sew at night,
So he pulled down the moon for a little bit of light.
It took a lot of cooking to keep John fed,
Ten dozen eggs and eight loaves of bread.
John Henry, John Henry, John Henry is a mighty man.
Born with a hammer, born with a hammer,
Born [B] with a hammer right in his hand.
He plowed the earth so [F] wide and deep,
The seed he sowed the ground had to be plowed.
His hammer [Bb] hit the earth with such a [C] mighty blow,
[N] Everything he planted would chop off and grow.
John Henry, John Henry, John Henry is a powerful man.
All our lives we've felt so poor,
John, let me show you what we're working for.
Canaan land, Canaan land, working for the Canaan land.
Home and freedom hand in hand, working for the Canaan [B] land.
_ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ Now we're moving, moving [B] on down the line,
[Gb] John Henry's the gamble right on time.
Home and freedom, freedom hand in hand,
Working for the Canaan land.
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [Db] _
_ _ _ _ [Gb] _ John Henry, [N] John _ Henry, John Henry is a mighty man. _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ John Henry, John Henry, John Henry is a powerful man.
_ _ [Am] _
_ [Abm] _ _ [Eb] _ Still got it, _ still [Ab] got it, still got it.
No [G] doubt about it, still got it, [Bb] still got it.
_ _ _ _ _ [Abm] _
_ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _
[G] _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ Well, come on, John, _ _ [F] you're the one that we're depending on.
Swing that hammer, bust that rock, come on, give it everything [C] you've got.
_ [G] _
_ _ _ [C] _ We are the hippies, [Ab] we are the hippies, we are the hippies, the mighty [N] men.
We're born with the hammer, we're born with the hammer, we're born with the hammer, right in the neck.
Dark from the field, it's time to [G] shake.
Our rumbling armor falls before you.
[Bb] Thunder and lightning was everywhere.
[C] Oh, Lord, our banner was beyond repair.
John Henry, John Henry, John Henry, John Henry,
[N] Lord of the rap, Lord of the rap, Lord of the rap,
in his hand. _
_ [Eb] _ No mountain too high, no valley too [C] low.
No river too wide, [Db] no [Bbm] place too far to go.
[Eb] Oh, believe in all the [Ab]
comforts, the battle is [F] already [Eb] won.
Oh, just keep on going, [Bb] oh, just keep on [Eb] going.
Oh, just keep on going, oh, just keep on going. _ _ _