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