John Henry
Tuning: standard
Tabbed by: sixstringhippie
Verse 1:
Well every monday morning
When the bluebirds begin to sing
You can see John Henry out on the line
You can hear John Henry s hammering
Lord lord you can hear John Henry s hammering
Verse 2:
When John Henry was a little baby
Sittin on his daddy s knee
He picked up a hammer and a little piece of steel
Said hammer s gonna be the death of me
Hammer s gonna be the death of me
Verse 3:
Well the captain said to john henry
Gonna bring me a steam drill round
Gonna bring me a steam drill out on the job
Gonna whup that steel on down
Oh Lord gonna whup that steel on down
Verse 4:
John Henry said to his captain
A man ain t nothin but a man
And before I let that steam drill beat me down
I ll die with a hammer in my hand
Oh Lord I ll die with a hammer in my hand
Verse 5:
John Henry he drove fifteen feet
The steam drill only made nine
But he hammered so hard he broke his heart
And he laid down his hammer and died
Oh Lord he laid down his hammer and died
Verse 6:
The took john henry to the graveyard
And the buried hin in the sand
And every locomotive comes a roaring by
Says there lies a steel driving man
Oh Lord there lies a steel driving man