diff --git a/Bruce_Springsteen/John_Henry.sg b/Bruce_Springsteen/John_Henry.sg new file mode 100644 index 00000000..513010c7 --- /dev/null +++ b/Bruce_Springsteen/John_Henry.sg @@ -0,0 +1,91 @@ +\songcolumns{2} +\beginsong{John Henry} + [by=Bruce Springsteen,cov=we-shall-overcome] + + \cover + \gtab{Fa}{1:022100} + \gtab{Do}{X32010} + \gtab{Si&}{1:X02220} + + \textnote{One, two, three} + + \beginverse + Well, John \[Fa]Henry was a little baby + Sittin' on his dady's \[Do]knee + He \[Fa]pick up a hammer and a \[Si&]little piece of steel, + And, ``God, \[Fa]hammer's gonna \[Si&]be the death of \[Fa]me, Lord, \[Rém]Lord + \[Fa]Hammer's gonna \[Do]be the death of \[Fa]me'' + \endverse + + \beginverse + Now the captain he said to John Henry, + ``I'm gonna bring that steam drill 'round + I'm gonna bring that steam drill out on these tracks + I'm gonna knock that steel on down, God, God + Gonna knock that steel on down'' + \endverse + + \beginverse + John Henry told his captain, + ``Lord, man ain't nothin' but a man + Before I let that steam drill beat me down + I'm gonna die with a hammer in my hand, Lord, Lord + Die with a hammer in my hand'' + \endverse + + \beginverse + John Henry driving on the right side + That steam drill driving on the left + Says, ``Before I'll let your steam drill beat me down + I'm gonna hammer myself to death, Lord, Lord + I'll hammer my fool self to death'' + \endverse + + \beginverse + Well, captain said to John Henry, + ``What is that stone out here?'' + John Henry said, ``That ain't no stone + Captain, that's just my hammer in here, Lord, Lord + That's just my hammer in here'' + \endverse + + \beginverse + John Henry said to his shaker + ``Shaker, why don't you sing? + 'Cause I'm swigin' thirty pounds from my hips on down + Yeah, listen to my cold steel ring, Lord, Lord + Listen to my cold steel ring'' + \endverse + + \beginverse + Now John Henry, he hammered in the mountains + His hammer was striking fire + But he worked so hard, he broke his heart + John Henry laid his hammer and died, Lord, Lord + John Henry laid down his hammer and died + \endverse + + \beginverse + Well, now John Henry, he had him a woman + Her name was Polly Ann + She walked down to those tracks, picked up John Henry's hammer + Polly drove steel like a man, Lord, Lord + Polly drove that steel like a man + \endverse + + \beginverse + Well every, every Monday morning + When the bluebird he begin to sing + You can hear John Henry from a mile or more + You can hear John Henry's hammer ring, Lord, Lord + You can hear John Henry's hammer ring + \endverse + + \beginverse* + Say that again! + So you can hear John Henry's hammer ring, Lord, Lord + You can hear John Henry's hammer ring + Come on! + \endverse + +\endsong \ No newline at end of file