Chords for Bruce Springsteen - John Henry

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[Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [F] _ _
_ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ Well John Henry was a little baby, _ sitting on his [C] daddy's feet.
_ He [F] picked up a hammer and [Bb] a little piece of steel.
[F] The hammer's gonna [Bb] feed the steel, [F] _ [Dm] Lord, Lord.
[F] This hammer's [C] gonna feed the [F] steel. _ _
When Captain said to John Henry, _
I'm gonna bring that steel drill [C] around. _
[F] I'm gonna bring that steel drill [Bb] around on these tracks.
I'm [F] gonna knock [Bb] that steel [F] all down.
[Dm] Knock, knock.
[F] I'm gonna knock that [C] steel all [F] down. _
_ John Henry, well he told his captain,
_ Captain Man, he ain't nothing but [C] a man.
_ _ [F] _ Before I let your [Bb] steel drill feed me,
now I'm [F] gonna die [Bb] with a hammer in my [F]
hand, Lord, [Dm] Lord.
[F] I'll die with [C] a hammer in [F] my hand.
Oh! _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ [Dm] _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _
_ _ Well John Henry was driving on the right side.
_ That steel drill was driving on [C] the left.
_ _ [F] Before I let your [Bb] steel drill feed me,
now I'm [F] gonna have a [Bb] moustache [F] to death, [Dm] Lord, Lord.
[F] I'll have a [C] moustache [F] to death.
_ Well Captain, he said to John Henry,
_ _ what is that stone that [C] I have?
_ [F] _ John Henry said, that ain't [Bb] no stone, Captain.
[F] That's just my [Bb]
hammer in [F] the hand, Lord, [Dm] Lord.
[F] That's just [C] my hammer in [F] the hand.
Come on! _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Come on, _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _
_ [F] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [F] _ _ [C]
boss [F] man!
_ Well John Henry said to his shaker,
_ _ shaker, why don't [C] you stay?
_ _ [F] I'm swinging 40 pounds [Bb] from my hips on down.
[F] Listen [Bb] to my cold [F] steel wind, [Dm] Captain.
_ [F] Listen [C] to my cold [F] steel wind, Captain. _ _ _ _
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_ [F] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _
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[Fm] _ _ _ [Bb] [F] Well John Henry hammered in the mountains.
_ His hammer was striking [C] fire.
_ [F] He worked so [Bb] hard it broke his heart.
[F] John Henry, he [Bb] laid down his [F] hammer and died, [Dm] Lord, Lord.
[F] John Henry, [C] he laid down his [F] hammer and died.
Well John Henry had a redheaded woman
_ by the name of [C] Mary.
_ _ [F] She walked down on those tracks [Bb] with John Henry's hammer.
[F] Why don't [Bb] you last me [F] a life, [Dm] Mary, Lord?
[F] Why don't you [C] last me [F] a life? _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Every word he [C] did he said,
_ [F] you can't have John Henry [Bb] for a mile, Lord.
[F] With his [Bb] John Henry's [F] hammer, Mary, [Dm] Lord.
[F] With his [C] John Henry's [F] hammer.
_ With his [Bb] John Henry's [F] hammer, Mary, [Dm] Lord.
[F] With his [C] John Henry's [F] hammer. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ One, two, _ three! _
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One, _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [Fm] two, three!
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_ _ [F] Good _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] evening!