John Henry Chords by Van Morrison

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_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ John [A] Henry was a little baby. _
_ _ Sitting high in the mountain [E] deep.
_ Well, [A] if _ _ [D] John pissed or sleep, I'd
say, well, [A] that's still going to be [E] the death [A] of me.
[Dm] Lord, Lord knows [A] that's still going to be [E] the death [A] of me.
[C] _ Well, John Henry had a little woman _ _ _ named _ [E] Pauline.
_ _ [A] Well, John got sick.
I just [D] laid down on the bed.
Young old Paulie [E] drove still [F#m] like a man.
[B] Lord, [A] old Paulie drove still like a man.
Got sick.
Oh, oh, oh. _ _
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[E] _ _ Oh, [A] oh, _ oh.
_ _ [E] _ [A] Oh, oh, [E] oh.
Oh, oh, oh.
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_ _ [Am] _ Oh, oh, oh.
[A] Oh, _ _
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_ [Am] _ _ _ [A] oh, _ _ oh. _ _ _ _ _
Well, [E] thank goodness.
_ You [A] damn grown children. _
[D] I know what I'm doing.
Well, [A] there ain't nothing but [E] my hair was [A] sucking wind.
Lord, there ain't nothing but [Em] my hair was sucking wind.
_ Well, John Henry, when I found my _ _ life _ was [E] so high.
_ [A] He lay all weak on the [Am] street.
[D] That's still driving me down.
[A] Get me a cool [G] drink of water [A] before I die.
[D] Lord, Lord, [A] get me a cool drink [E]
of water [A] before I die.
That's right.
Well, some say that it came from England.
_ Some say it came [E] from Maine.
_ _ [A] Hell, there ain't nothing but [E] Louisiana, man.
[A] Now, this death [E] was hell [A] in itself.
[D] Lord, [A] Lord, this death [E] was hell in itself.
[D] Lord, [A] Lord, Lord, it died [E] with a sour [G] in [B] its hand.
Lord, Lord, Lord, [A] it died with [E] a sour.
_ [A] Died with a sour.
[Am] _ Died with a sour in its hand.
_ Yeah, it died with a sour.
_ With [E] a sour.
_ [Am] Died with a sour in its hand.
Lord, Lord, it died [E] with a sour.
Still [A] driving me down with a sour
in its hand.
Well, I want some. _ _ _
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[E] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ I _ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ [E] want some.
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[E] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [G] I'm gonna put my helmet [A] on.
_ [D] I'm [A] gonna [E] put _ [Am] my [D] helmet [A] on.
I'm gonna [E] put my helmet on.
[A] I'm gonna put my helmet on.
I'm gonna put my helmet on.
I'm gonna put my helmet on.
I'm gonna put my helmet on.
[D] I'm [A] _ _ [E] _
_ [A] gonna put my helmet on.
I'm gonna [E] put my helmet on.
[A] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ [Em] I'm gonna put _ [A] _ my helmet on.
I'm gonna put [E] my helmet on.
[A] _ _ _ I'm gonna _ [E] _
_ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ [E]
put my helmet [A] on.
[D] _ I'm gonna [E] put my helmet _ [Am] on.
[D] I'm gonna put [A] my helmet on.
[E] I'm gonna put [A] my helmet on.
I'm _ _ _ gonna put my helmet on.
[E] _
_ [D] I'm gonna put my helmet on.
I'm gonna put my helmet on.
I'm gonna put my helmet on.
I'm gonna [A] put my helmet _ _ [D] on.
[Am] I'm gonna put my helmet [E] on.
I'm gonna put my helmet on.
I'm gonna put my [D] helmet _ _ _ on.
I'm gonna put my helmet on.
[A] I'm gonna put my helmet on. Hoo! _ _
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