Chords for Jesse Fuller - John Henry

_ _ _ There's a song called Joy and the Diver, the Ham and His [B] Hand.
[C] _ _ _ Now _
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_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [C] _ _
[A] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [A] _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ when John Andrew was a little baby,
_ _ sat on his _ mama's knee.
_ _ One piece of steel that he never saw,
was [A] gonna be the death of me.
[C] _ _ [Cm]
Gonna [C] be the death of me.
_ [A]
Puppy, [C] _ _ [Eb] puppy, [C] _ _ [Cm]
gonna [C] be the death of _ _ me.
John Henry had a woman, _ her name was Sarah. _ _ _
When John Andrew was out on his dog,
he saw she drives you to like [A] a [C] man. _
She drives you _ _ _ to like a man, _ like a man.
She drives you to like a man. _
John Henry said to his captain, _ _
when you go to _ town,
I want you to bring me back a nine-pound hammer.
Gonna be that steel field now.
_ Gonna be that steel field now.
_ Gonna be that steel field now.
_ _ Gonna be that steel field now.
_ John Henry had a pumpkin, _ _ _
hammer with nine pounds. _ _ _ _
_ _ And he saw [Cm] the big rock come a-tumbling down.
_ The big rock [C] come a-tumbling down.
_ Ha, _ ha, ha.
_ The big rock come a-tumbling down.
_ John Henry had a little woman,
_ _ and she wore a red.
_ _ She walked on the track and she'd give a little back.
Said, [Cm] I'm going where my man's buried.
_ _ Going where [C] my man's buried.
_ _ Some folks say John Henry was born in Texas.
_ _ Some say he was born in Maine.
_ John Henry was born down in North Carolina.
[A] He was a [Cm] steel driving man. _
He was a steel driving man. _ _
Ha, ha, [A] [C] ha.
_ [A]
Ha, [C] ha, ha.
_ _ _ Who gonna shoot your little feet?
_ Who gonna kiss _ _ _ _ _ _ your rosy cheeks?
[A] Who [Cm] gonna be your, _ _ who [C] gonna be?
_ _ _ _ Papa gonna shoot my little feet.
_ Papa gonna blow my head.
_ _ Papa gonna kiss [Cm] my rosy cheeks.
Oh, and Papa gonna be [A] my [C] man.
_ [A] Papa [C] gonna be my man. _ _
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_ [Am] _ _ _ [Ab] _ [C] _ _ _
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John Henry went up tall in the property. _
Bought his two dogs on high. _
That's what I heard that poor boy say.
[Cm] Give me a cool drink of water, Miss Wadah.
Give me a cool drink of water, Miss Wadah.
Wadah. _
_ _ [A] Wadah.
Give me a cool [C] drink of water, Miss Wadah.
_ _ Who gonna shoot your little feet?
_ _ [F] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [F] Wadah. _ _ _
[B] _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
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