Chords for Cécile McLorin Salvant - John Henry (live on KCRW)

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John Henry was a little baby, _ _ sitting on his papa's knees.
Well he picked up a hammer and a little piece of steel,
said this hammer's gonna [Am] be the death of me.
This [G#] hammer's [A] gonna be the death of me.
Hammer's [B] gonna be the [Am] death of me.
_ Hammer's [A] gonna be the death of me.
[F#] _ John Henry said to his captain,
[D] now a man ain't nothing [E] but a man.
[A] _ [Am] Before I let your steel drill bring me down,
I will die with that hammer. _ _
_ I'll die with that hammer. _
_ [A#] I'll die with that [C] hammer in my [B] hand.
I'll [Am] die with that hammer in my hand.
[Em] Down in there to his shaker,
now shaker why [N] don't you sing?
I'm shaking twelve pounds from my hip bone down.
[E] Now don't you hear [Am] that cold steel ring?
Hear that cold steel [A] ring.
Hear that cold _ steel _ ring.
Hear that [A#]
cold [D] steel _ [A] ring. _ _
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John Henry went [D] down that railroad track
with a [Am] twelve pound hammer [E] by his side.
Yes he [A] went down the track but he never came back
because he laid down _ _ his hammer and he died.
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He laid down [A] his hammer and _ _ [Am] _ _ [A] he died. _
[D] He laid _ _ _ _ [A] _
down _ his hammer and he died. _ _ _ _ _
[D] He laid down his _
[Am] hammer. _ _ _ _ _ _
John [F] Henry hammered in the mountain
and the [E] mountain it was so high
and the last word that I heard that poor [G#] man cry
[F#] he said give me a cool [A] drink of water before I die.
A cool drink of water [Am] before I die.
[E] A cool _ [A] drink of water before [E] I die. _ _ _
A cool _ [A] drink of water [G]
before I die.
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John Henry _ [A] _ _ [F#] _ _
and the dress that she wore [E] was red
[A] and the last words that I heard that poor girl say
she [D] says I'm going where John Henry fell [A] dead.
_ I'm going where John Henry [Am] fell dead.
Going where John Henry fell [D] dead.
[Am] Going where [D] John [A] Henry _
[D] fell _ _ _ _ [Am] _
dead.
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