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\selectlanguage{english}
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\songcolumns{2}
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\beginsong{John Henry}
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[by=Bruce Springsteen,cov=we-shall-overcome,album=We shall overcome]
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\cover
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\gtab{F}{1:022100}
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\gtab{C}{X32010}
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\gtab{B&}{1:X02220}
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\beginverse*
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One, two, three
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\endverse
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\beginverse
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Well, John \[F]Henry was a little baby
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Sittin' on his dady's \[C]knee
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He \[F]pick up a hammer and a \[B&]little piece of steel
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And, ``God, \[F]hammer's gonna \[B&]be the death of \[F]me, Lord, \[Dm]Lord
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\[F]Hammer's gonna \[C]be the death of \[F]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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