Chords for Woody Guthrie & Cisco Houston / John Henry

[N] _ _ _ _ _ _ John Henry, when he was a baby, _ sitting on his [G#] mammy's knee,
_ [C#] picked up a hammer in the little right hand and said,
Hammer be the death of me, me, me.
Hammer be _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ the death of me. _ _ _ _
Well, some said he's born down in Texas, _ _ some said he's born up [G#] in Maine.
_ [C#] I just said he was a Louisiana man, leader of a steel-driving chain gang.
Leader of [G#] a steel [C#]-driving gang.
_ _ Leader of a steel-driving chain _ gang.
Leader of [G#] a steel [C#]-driving gang. _ _ _ _ _
Now the captain said to John Henry, what did he say?
I'm gonna bring my steam [G#] drill around, _ [C#] gonna bring my steam drill out on this job,
and I'm gonna whop that steel [C#m] on down, down, [C#] down.
Whop that steel on down.
_ I'm gonna whop that steel on down, down, down.
I'm gonna whop [G#] that steel [C#] on down.
_ _ _ John Henry said to the captain, what did he say? _
Bring your steam drill [G#] around, you [C#] can bring your steam drill out on the job.
And I'm gonna beat your steam drill [C#m] down, down, [C#] down, beat your [G#] steam drill [C#] down. _
Gonna beat your steam [C#m] drill down, yes I [C#] am, gonna beat [G#] your steam [C#] drill down. _ _
_ John Henry said to his shaker, _ shaker you [G#] had better pray.
_ _ [C#] If you miss your six foot of steel, tomorrow will be your burying day, Mr.
Shaker, [C#m] tomorrow will [C#] be your burying day.
_ Now the shaker said to John Henry, _ well a man ain't nothing [G#] but a man.
[C#] I'm throwing a hundred pounds from my hips on down, doing [C#m] all that any man [C#] can, can, can.
Doing all [G#] that any [C#] man can.
_ Doing all that any man can, can, can.
Doing all [G#] that any man can. _ _ _ _ _ _