Tonalidad: D major
Intro 1
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C#
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Verse 1
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John Henry was about
three days old,
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sitting on his mammy's knee.
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Well, he picked up a hammer
B
and a little piece of steel,
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said, it's gonna be the death of me.
C#
F#
Well, it's gonna be the death of me.
Captain said to John Henry,
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I'm gonna bring my steam drill around,
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B
I'm gonna bring my steam drill out on the job,
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I'm gonna whup that steel on down,
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Lord, Lord, whup that steel on down.
John Henry said to his boss man,
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he said a man ain't nothing but a man,
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but before I'd let your
B
steam drill beat me down,
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I'll die with this hammer in my hand,
well, I'll die with this
hammer in my hand.
John Henry said to his shaker,
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he said shaker why don't you sing,
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you know I'm swinging nine pounds
B
from my hips on down,
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won't you listen to the
cold steel ring,
C#
F#
just listen to the cold steel ring.
John Henry said to his shaker,
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A#m
he said shaker why don't you pray,
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you know that if my hammer misses
B
that little piece of steel
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and tomorrow be your burying day,
C#
F#
tomorrow be your burying day.
Well the captain said to John Henry,
my lord I believe this
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mountain's sinking in.
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B
John Henry laughed at his captain
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and he said it ain't nothing
but my hammer sucking wind,
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it ain't nothing but my hammer
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sucking wind.
Well John Henry said to the captain,
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well look yonder what I see.
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You're hole done chuck,
B
Bm
you're drill done broken,
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you can't drive steel like me,
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F#
C#
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well you can't drive steel like me.
Well, man who invented that steam drill,
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He thought he was mighty fine.
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But John Henry drove down
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And the steam drill only made nine.
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Steam drill only made nine.
But John Henry hammered that morning,
Until his hammer was striking fire.
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F#
And he worked so hard
B
that he broke his poor heart
Bm
F#
An d laid down his hammer
and he died
C#
F#
And he laid down his hammer and he died
Well they took John Henry
to the graveyard
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And they buried him in the sand
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And every locomotive comes
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Say there lays a steel -drivin' man
C#
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Well, now, there lays a steel -drivin' man
He was a steel -drivin' man
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F#
He was a steel -drivin' man
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AfinadorE A D G B E
AcordesF# C# B A#m Bm
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