Chords for Joe Bonamassa - The Ballad Of John Henry (Bass Cover)
Tempo:
71.95 bpm
Chords used:
B
Bm
E
A
F#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[B]
[E] [B]
[E] He threw [B] John Henry in the bottomless pit of the St.
Stains.
He threw John Henry in the bottomless pit of the St.
Stains.
[Bm] Take this hammer, carry it to the captain, tell him why I'm gone.
[A] [Bm] Take this hammer, carry it to the captain, tell him why I'm gone.
[A] I [Bm] don't want your cold iron shackles round my [A] leg.
[Bm] I don't want your cold iron shackles round my leg.
[B] He threw John Henry in the bottomless pit of the St.
[Bm] Stains.
[E] He threw [B] John Henry in the bottomless pit [Bm] of the St.
Stains.
[B] [Bm] I'm a long way from Colorado, long way from my [A] home.
[Bm] Get the hammer that killed John Henry, won't kill me no more.
[A] [Bm] Give me the hammer that killed John Henry, cause it won't kill [A] me.
[Bm] Give me the hammer that killed John Henry, cause it won't kill [B] me.
Who killed John Henry?
And the Father has sent us his [Bm] saints.
[B] Who killed John Henry?
And the Father has sent us his saints.
[E] [F#] [G] [E]
[F#] [G]
[F#] [G]
[F#] [G]
[D] [F#] [G] [Em]
[B]
Who
[Bm]
[E] killed John Henry?
[Bm]
And the Father has sent us [B] his saints.
Who [B]
[Bm] [B]
killed [Bm] John Henry?
And the Father has sent us his saints.
Who killed [B] [Bm] John Henry?
And the Father has sent us his saints.
[B]
[Bm]
Take this hammer, carry it to the captain, tell him I'm going home.
Take this hammer, carry it to the captain, tell him I'm going.
I'm a wanted man with the captain.
I'm a wanted man in the shackles.
I'm a wanted man in the shackles.
I'm a wanted [B] man.
Who killed John [D] Henry?
[B] And the Father has sent us his saints.
[E] [B] John Henry.
And the Father has sent us [Bm] his saints.
[B]
[Bm] John Henry.
And the Father [B] has sent us his saints.
[A] [D]
[N]
[E] [B]
[E] He threw [B] John Henry in the bottomless pit of the St.
Stains.
He threw John Henry in the bottomless pit of the St.
Stains.
[Bm] Take this hammer, carry it to the captain, tell him why I'm gone.
[A] [Bm] Take this hammer, carry it to the captain, tell him why I'm gone.
[A] I [Bm] don't want your cold iron shackles round my [A] leg.
[Bm] I don't want your cold iron shackles round my leg.
[B] He threw John Henry in the bottomless pit of the St.
[Bm] Stains.
[E] He threw [B] John Henry in the bottomless pit [Bm] of the St.
Stains.
[B] [Bm] I'm a long way from Colorado, long way from my [A] home.
[Bm] Get the hammer that killed John Henry, won't kill me no more.
[A] [Bm] Give me the hammer that killed John Henry, cause it won't kill [A] me.
[Bm] Give me the hammer that killed John Henry, cause it won't kill [B] me.
Who killed John Henry?
And the Father has sent us his [Bm] saints.
[B] Who killed John Henry?
And the Father has sent us his saints.
[E] [F#] [G] [E]
[F#] [G]
[F#] [G]
[F#] [G]
[D] [F#] [G] [Em]
[B]
Who
[Bm]
[E] killed John Henry?
[Bm]
And the Father has sent us [B] his saints.
Who [B]
[Bm] [B]
killed [Bm] John Henry?
And the Father has sent us his saints.
Who killed [B] [Bm] John Henry?
And the Father has sent us his saints.
[B]
[Bm]
Take this hammer, carry it to the captain, tell him I'm going home.
Take this hammer, carry it to the captain, tell him I'm going.
I'm a wanted man with the captain.
I'm a wanted man in the shackles.
I'm a wanted man in the shackles.
I'm a wanted [B] man.
Who killed John [D] Henry?
[B] And the Father has sent us his saints.
[E] [B] John Henry.
And the Father has sent us [Bm] his saints.
[B]
[Bm] John Henry.
And the Father [B] has sent us his saints.
[A] [D]
[N]
Key:
B
Bm
E
A
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B
Bm
E
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] He threw [B] John Henry in _ the bottomless pit of the St.
Stains. _ _ _ _
He threw John Henry _ _ _ in the bottomless pit of the St.
Stains. _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] Take this hammer, carry it to the captain, tell him why I'm gone.
[A] [Bm] Take this hammer, carry it to the captain, tell him why I'm gone.
[A] I [Bm] don't want your cold iron shackles round my [A] leg.
[Bm] I don't want your cold iron shackles round my leg.
_ [B] He threw John Henry _ _ _ in the bottomless pit of the St.
[Bm] _ Stains. _ _
[E] He threw [B] John Henry _ _ _ in the bottomless pit [Bm] of the St.
_ Stains. _ _ _
[B] [Bm] I'm a long way from Colorado, _ long way from my [A] home.
[Bm] Get the hammer that killed John Henry, won't kill me no more.
[A] [Bm] Give me the hammer that killed John Henry, cause it won't kill [A] me.
[Bm] Give me the hammer that killed John Henry, cause it won't kill [B] me.
Who killed John Henry?
_ _ _ And the Father has sent us his [Bm] saints. _ _ _ _
[B] Who killed John Henry?
_ _ _ And the Father has sent us his saints. _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ [F#] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [E] _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[D] _ [F#] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Em] _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Who _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ killed John Henry?
[Bm]
And the Father has sent _ _ _ _ _ us [B] _ _ _ _ his saints.
Who [B] _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
killed [Bm] John Henry?
And the Father has sent us his saints.
Who _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ killed [B] _ _ [Bm] John Henry?
And the Father has sent us his saints.
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Take this hammer, carry it to the captain, tell him I'm going home.
Take this hammer, carry it to the captain, tell him I'm going.
I'm a wanted man with the captain.
I'm a wanted man in the shackles.
I'm a wanted man in the shackles.
I'm a wanted [B] man.
Who killed John [D] Henry?
_ [B] _ _ And the Father has sent us his saints. _ _ _ _ _
[E] [B] John Henry.
_ _ _ And the Father has sent us [Bm] his saints. _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] John Henry.
_ _ _ And the Father [B] has sent us his saints.
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] He threw [B] John Henry in _ the bottomless pit of the St.
Stains. _ _ _ _
He threw John Henry _ _ _ in the bottomless pit of the St.
Stains. _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] Take this hammer, carry it to the captain, tell him why I'm gone.
[A] [Bm] Take this hammer, carry it to the captain, tell him why I'm gone.
[A] I [Bm] don't want your cold iron shackles round my [A] leg.
[Bm] I don't want your cold iron shackles round my leg.
_ [B] He threw John Henry _ _ _ in the bottomless pit of the St.
[Bm] _ Stains. _ _
[E] He threw [B] John Henry _ _ _ in the bottomless pit [Bm] of the St.
_ Stains. _ _ _
[B] [Bm] I'm a long way from Colorado, _ long way from my [A] home.
[Bm] Get the hammer that killed John Henry, won't kill me no more.
[A] [Bm] Give me the hammer that killed John Henry, cause it won't kill [A] me.
[Bm] Give me the hammer that killed John Henry, cause it won't kill [B] me.
Who killed John Henry?
_ _ _ And the Father has sent us his [Bm] saints. _ _ _ _
[B] Who killed John Henry?
_ _ _ And the Father has sent us his saints. _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ [F#] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [E] _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[D] _ [F#] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Em] _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Who _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ killed John Henry?
[Bm]
And the Father has sent _ _ _ _ _ us [B] _ _ _ _ his saints.
Who [B] _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
killed [Bm] John Henry?
And the Father has sent us his saints.
Who _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ killed [B] _ _ [Bm] John Henry?
And the Father has sent us his saints.
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Take this hammer, carry it to the captain, tell him I'm going home.
Take this hammer, carry it to the captain, tell him I'm going.
I'm a wanted man with the captain.
I'm a wanted man in the shackles.
I'm a wanted man in the shackles.
I'm a wanted [B] man.
Who killed John [D] Henry?
_ [B] _ _ And the Father has sent us his saints. _ _ _ _ _
[E] [B] John Henry.
_ _ _ And the Father has sent us [Bm] his saints. _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] John Henry.
_ _ _ And the Father [B] has sent us his saints.
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _