Chords for Bruce Springsteen - John Henry (The Seeger Sessions)

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One, two, three. _ _ _ _ _
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_ I'm [F] gonna put a steam [Bb] drill out on these tracks.
I'm [F] gonna knock [Bb] that steel [F] on down.
God, yeah, I'm gonna knock that steel on down.
_ John Henry told his captain,
Lord, man, ain't nothing [C] but a man.
_ [F] Before I let [Bb] that steam drill beat me down,
I'm [F] gonna die [Bb] with a hammer [F] in my hand, Lord, Lord.
Die [C] with a hammer [F] in my hand.
How you feelin'? _ _ _ _
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_ _ John Henry drivin' on the right side,
That steam drill drivin' [C] on the left.
_ [F] Says, before I let your [Bb] steam drill beat me down,
I'm [F] gonna hammer [D] myself [F] to death, [Dm] Lord, Lord.
I'll hammer [C] myself [F] to death.
_ _ Well, Captain said, John Henry,
_ What is that storm [C] out here?
_ John Henry said, there ain't [Bb] no storm, Captain,
[F] That's just [Bb] my hammer in [F] the air, [Dm] Lord, Lord.
That's just my [C] hammer in [F] the air.
_ John Henry said to his shaker,
_ _ Shaker, why don't you [C]
sing?
Cause [F] I'm swingin' 30 pounds from [Bb] my hips on down.
Yeah, [F] listen to my [Bb] cold steel ring, [Dm] Lord, Lord.
Listen to my [C] cold steel [F] ring.
Hallelujah. _ _ _ _ _ _
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All the way up to my gut. _ _ _ _ _
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Hallelujah.
_ That John Henry, he hammered in the mountains.
His hammer was striking [G]
fire,
_ [F] But he worked so hard, he [Bb] broke his heart.
[F] John Henry [Bb] said, his [F] hammer had died, [Dm] Lord, Lord.
John Henry laid down his [F] hammer and died.
_ Well, now John Henry, he had him a woman
_ By the name of Holly [C]
Ann.
_ [F] She walked down to those tracks, [Bb] picked up John Henry's hammer,
[F] And Holly drove [Bb] steel [F] like a man, Lord, Lord.
Holly drove [C] that steel [F] like a man.
Oh, and every _ Monday morning,
When the blooper, he began [D] to sing,
[F] You can hear John Henry [Bb] from a mile off, Ma.
[F] You can hear [Bb] John Henry's [F]
hammering, Lord, Lord.
You can hear [D] John Henry's [F] hammering.
Say that one again.
I said, you can hear [Bb] John Henry's [F]
hammering, Lord, Lord.
You can hear John Henry's hammering.
Ha!
Ha!
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One, two, three, four.
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