Chords for Hugh Laurie & Irma Thomas - John Henry

The stage is set for a truly _ royal visit.
This is incredibly exciting for me and I hope, I don't doubt, it's exciting for you too.
We are about to be visited by the [Ab] sole queen of New Orleans.
Please will you welcome Miss Irma Thomas.
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_ _ [C] John Henry had [C] a little woman _ _
_ And the dress she wore was red _ _
_ _ She walked down the street and [F] she never looked back
I'm [C] going where John Henry fell dead _
I'm going where John Henry fell dead _
_ _ _ _ John Henry had another woman _
_ _ And her name was Holly Ann _
[Gm] John _ [Cm] Henry was taken sick and [F] he had to go to bed
_ [C] Holly Ann goes to feel like a man
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_ _ [C] Holly Ann goes to feel like a man _
John _ [G] _ [C] _ _
Henry told his little woman
Honey _ _ fix, _ honey fix my supper soon
_ I got 99 miles, _ [Cm] track a line to lay back
_ I'm gonna line, [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Cm] _ [C] I'm gonna _
_ _ [G] _ [C] move _
_ John [Ab] _ _ _
Henry said to his captain
[C] _ You know a man ain't nothing but a man _
[G] _ I'm [C] betting you right now
You [F] won't beat me down
I'm gonna die with my hammer in my hand
I'm gonna die with [D] my hammer _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ in my hand
John Henry hammered in the mountain _
Till _ his hammer _ caught on fire _ _
_ _ _ Last [Am] words I heard _ that poor [F] boy said
_ Give me [C] a cool drink of water before I [Am] die _
_ Give me a cool drink of water [G] before I die
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_ Give me [C] a cool drink of water before I die
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_ Give me [C] a cool drink of water before I die _
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