Chords for Leadbelly John Henry Last Sessions

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_ Now John Henry, [G] you know, he's made up by the hard-working [B] men, folks.
Don't forget it.
[E] Anytime you hear anybody singing [Db] John Henry, [D] it's a dance tune if they [B] play it right.
Well now where _ did John Henry come from?
Well John Henry come from Newport News.
_ [Dm] Mr.
Lomax and myself, we [B] drove all around where the spot John Henry was born at.
Well that's the reason why they say that CNO Road, that road runs out from Newport News to Cincinnati, Ohio.
John Henry is the man, drove steel [Bm] and he put on, he drove spikes around, [B] all the steel was laid from Newport News to [F] Cincinnati, Ohio.
[B] Now that's true.
Ella Louise was a track-liner.
[F] She come behind [B] John Henry, she lined the track with eight men.
She lined all [F] that track.
[B] And when Ella Louise went out lining the track, in come the train, oozin' on up to.
See?
The whole thing come to [Eb] rock out on the line, see when the brains in.
She kept ahead of the train.
[B] Yeah, that's right.
What?
She kept ahead of the train.
Yeah, she was ahead of [E] the train, but they didn't start the train until she [B] was nearly out, you know.
So she had [C] to be out when the train come, [B] but anyhow, the train it ooze [Eb] along, track was [B] all right.
Now this is John [Eb] Henry and it's a dance tune.
We dance [Bm] to it down home.
Now [Eb] I'm gonna play it to you. _ _ _
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John Henry [Eb] was a [Bb] newborn baby, _ _ sittin' down on his _ [F] mama's _ knee.
He had a big big [Eb] gun on that piano [Bb] row.
He's gonna be the death of me, Lord, Lord.
Gonna [Fm] be the death [Bb] of me.
_ He's gonna be the death of me, Lord, Lord.
Gonna be the death of me.
_ John Henry [Eb]
had two [Bb] women.
_ One [Eb] was named Mary _ _ [F] _ Magdalene.
[Bb] She was white on her jaw, but she was sane.
Yeah, John Henry's town was the rain, Lord, Lord.
Yeah, John [F] Henry's town [Bb] was the rain, Lord, _ Lord. _
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Yeah, John Henry's town was the rain, Lord, Lord. _
[Eb] Yeah, John Henry's town was the [Bb] rain, _ _ _ _ Lord, _ [F] _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ Lord.
Paul [F] Andrews, he [Bb] is like a man. _
Paul Andrews, he is like a man, Lord, Lord.
Paul Andrews, he is like a man.
Before John Henry died, he called Paul Andrews to his bedside.
He wasn't thinkin' about Mary Magdalene.
And this is what he wanted Paul Andrews to tell him before he died.
Baby, who's gonna [Eb] shoot your little [Bb] feet?
_ Tell me, who's gonna glove your [F] hands?
[Bb] Tell me, who's gonna kiss your sweet little lips?
Now, tell me, who's gonna be _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ your
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[Eb] man, Lord, Lord?
[Bb] Tell me, who's gonna be your man?
She told him, my [Eb] papa's gonna shoot my [Bb] little feet.
_ My mama's gonna glove my [F] hands.
[Bb] My sister's gonna kiss my sweet little lips.
No, I don't need no man, Lord, Lord.
No, I [F] don't need no [Bbm] man.
_ No, I don't need no man, Lord, Lord.
No, I [Bb] don't need no man.
Tell him [Eb] now.
Tell him now. _ _ _
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That was Jion Henry, which is a dance tune. _ _
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