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\beginsong{John Henry} |
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[by=Bruce Springsteen,cov=we-shall-overcome] |
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\cover |
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\gtab{Fa}{1:022100} |
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\gtab{Do}{X32010} |
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\gtab{Si&}{1:X02220} |
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\textnote{One, two, three} |
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\beginverse |
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Well, John \[Fa]Henry was a little baby |
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Sittin' on his dady's \[Do]knee |
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He \[Fa]pick up a hammer and a \[Si&]little piece of steel, |
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And, ``God, \[Fa]hammer's gonna \[Si&]be the death of \[Fa]me, Lord, \[Rém]Lord |
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\[Fa]Hammer's gonna \[Do]be the death of \[Fa]me'' |
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\endverse |
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\beginverse |
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Now the captain he said to John Henry, |
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``I'm gonna bring that steam drill 'round |
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I'm gonna bring that steam drill out on these tracks |
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I'm gonna knock that steel on down, God, God |
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Gonna knock that steel on down'' |
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\endverse |
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\beginverse |
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John Henry told his captain, |
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``Lord, man ain't nothin' but a man |
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Before I let that steam drill beat me down |
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I'm gonna die with a hammer in my hand, Lord, Lord |
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Die with a hammer in my hand'' |
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\endverse |
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\beginverse |
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John Henry driving on the right side |
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That steam drill driving on the left |
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Says, ``Before I'll let your steam drill beat me down |
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I'm gonna hammer myself to death, Lord, Lord |
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I'll hammer my fool self to death'' |
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\endverse |
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\beginverse |
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Well, captain said to John Henry, |
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``What is that stone out here?'' |
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John Henry said, ``That ain't no stone |
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Captain, that's just my hammer in here, Lord, Lord |
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That's just my hammer in here'' |
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\endverse |
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\beginverse |
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John Henry said to his shaker |
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``Shaker, why don't you sing? |
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'Cause I'm swigin' thirty pounds from my hips on down |
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Yeah, listen to my cold steel ring, Lord, Lord |
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Listen to my cold steel ring'' |
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\endverse |
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\beginverse |
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Now John Henry, he hammered in the mountains |
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His hammer was striking fire |
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But he worked so hard, he broke his heart |
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John Henry laid his hammer and died, Lord, Lord |
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John Henry laid down his hammer and died |
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\endverse |
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\beginverse |
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Well, now John Henry, he had him a woman |
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Her name was Polly Ann |
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She walked down to those tracks, picked up John Henry's hammer |
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Polly drove steel like a man, Lord, Lord |
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Polly drove that steel like a man |
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\endverse |
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\beginverse |
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Well every, every Monday morning |
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When the bluebird he begin to sing |
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You can hear John Henry from a mile or more |
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You can hear John Henry's hammer ring, Lord, Lord |
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You can hear John Henry's hammer ring |
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\endverse |
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\beginverse* |
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Say that again! |
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So you can hear John Henry's hammer ring, Lord, Lord |
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You can hear John Henry's hammer ring |
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Come on! |
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\endverse |
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\endsong |
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