John Henry Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[D]Ah, that's fine.
That's really [A]good.
Gene Sullivan there,
[D]Columbia recording artist
with Past the Biscuits.
That really takes me back
home.
Another Columbia recording artist
whose top's for Louisiana
hayride pickin' and singin'
is Johnny Horton,
known as the [A]Singing Fisherman.
[D]Say, Singing Fisherman, how are the bass [A]bitin'?
Well,
I'll tell ya,
[D]frankly, they're bitin' real good,
especially on the little bait
[A]that I've invented.
You go out early in the mornin',
you know...
Hold on, [D]John.
[A]He'll be talking all night, folks.
Take over,
[D]John, with a song.
What do you say?
John Henry Walsh
A [A]little bitty [D]boy[A][D]
No bigger than the palm of
[A]Freddy's hand
[D]Johnny's mama looked down
at [A]Henry and she [D]said[A]
[D]She[A] said, my Johnny's gonna be [D]a steel driving man,
man, man
Johnny's gonna be [A]a steel driving [D]man,
yeah
John Henry said to his captain
Said a man ain't nothin' but a man
[A]But befor[D]e I let the
steam drum beat me down
I'm gonna die with this hammer in my hand,
oh, oh
Gonna die with this hammer in [A]my [D]hand
John Henry said to his shaker
Shaker, why don't you [A]pray
If [D]my hammer misses that
little piece of steel,
boy, tomorrow'll be a fair day, day,
day, tomorrow'll be a [A]fair [D]day
Johnny Henry said to his shaker, shaker
why don't you [A]sing?
[D]If my hammer misses that
little piece of steel,
boy, listen to that coal steel ring, ring,
ring, listen to that [A]coal steel [D]ring
[A]Oh![D][G][D]
The captain, he said to John Henry
Did I believe the mouth was sinkin' [A]in?
John [D]Henry laughed at his captain,
he said
Ain't nothin' but my hammer suckin' wind,
Lordy, Lordy
Ain't nothin' but my
[A]hammer suckin' [D]wind
John Henry had a little woman
Her name was Polly [A]An n
[D]Johnny got sick and he had to go to bed
But Polly Ann drove that stupid flock of men,
Lordy, Lordy
Polly Ann drove that [A]stupid flock of [D]men
They took Johnny and
Red to the graveyard
Stuck him six feet under the [A]sand
Yeah, [D]there's a locomotive
that come rollin' by
Johnny lies a steel drivin' man
And there yonder lies a steel
[A]drivin' [D]man[A][D]
Thank you very much.