Тональность: D major
Intro 1
E
B
E
Verse 1
E
John Henry was about
three days old,
B
sitting on his mammy's knee.
E
Well, he picked up a hammer
A
and a little piece of steel,
E
said, it's gonna be the death of me.
B
E
Well, it's gonna be the death of me.
Captain said to John Henry,
B
I'm gonna bring my steam drill around,
E
A
I'm gonna bring my steam drill out on the job,
E
I'm gonna whup that steel on down,
B
E
Lord, Lord, whup that steel on down.
John Henry said to his boss man,
B
he said a man ain't nothing but a man,
E
but before I'd let your
A
steam drill beat me down,
E
I'll die with this hammer in my hand,
well, I'll die with this
hammer in my hand.
John Henry said to his shaker,
B
he said shaker why don't you sing,
E
you know I'm swinging nine pounds
A
from my hips on down,
E
won't you listen to the
cold steel ring,
B
E
just listen to the cold steel ring.
John Henry said to his shaker,
B
G#m
he said shaker why don't you pray,
E
you know that if my hammer misses
A
that little piece of steel
E
and tomorrow be your burying day,
B
E
tomorrow be your burying day.
Well the captain said to John Henry,
my lord I believe this
B
mountain's sinking in.
E
A
John Henry laughed at his captain
E
and he said it ain't nothing
but my hammer sucking wind,
B
it ain't nothing but my hammer
Well John Henry said to the captain,
B
well look yonder what I see.
E
You're hole done chuck,
A
Am
you're drill done broken,
E
you can't drive steel like me,
B
E
B
E
well you can't drive steel like me.
Well, man who invented that steam drill,
B
He thought he was mighty fine.
E
But John Henry drove down
E
And the steam drill only made nine.
B
E
Steam drill only made nine.
But John Henry hammered that morning,
Until his hammer was striking fire.
B
E
And he worked so hard
A
that he broke his poor heart
Am
E
An d laid down his hammer
and he died
B
E
And he laid down his hammer and he died
Well they took John Henry
to the graveyard
B
And they buried him in the sand
E
And every locomotive comes
E
Say there lays a steel -drivin' man
B
E
Well, now, there lays a steel -drivin' man
He was a steel -drivin' man
B
E
He was a steel -drivin' man
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