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The Ballad Of John Henry  Woody Guthrie



      John [C]Henry when he was a baby,sittin down on his mammy's k[G]nee.
             Pi[C]cked up a hammer in his li[F]ttle right hand.
              He said th[G]at'll be the death of [C]me.me,me.
               That h[G]ammer [G6]gonna[G7] be the death of m[C]e.
Woody acented the C with an open shut run
On the forth string second fret but its optional.
Sorry for not having all the lyrics
but the song is the same throughout

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HSmith (report)

John Henry, when he was a baby
Settin' on his mammy's knee
Picked up an hammer in his little right hand
Said, "Hammer be the death of me, me, me
Hammer be the death of me"


Well, the Captain said to John Henry
"I'm gonna bring my steam drill around
Gonna bring my steam drill out on the job
Gonna whup that steel on down, down, down
Whup that steel on down"

John Henry said to the Captain
"You can bring your steam drill around
You can bring your steam drill out on the job
I'll beat your steam drill down, down, down
Beat your steam drill down"

John Henry said to his Shaker
"Shaker, you had better pray
If you miss your six feet of steel
I'll be your buryin' day, day, day
I'll be your buryin' day"

Now, the Shaker said to John Henry
"Man ain't nothing but a man
But before I'd let that steam drill beat me down
I'd die with an hammer in my hand, hand, hand
I'd die with an hammer in my hand"

John Henry had a little woman
Her name was Polly Anne
John Henry took sick and was laid up in bed
While Polly handled steel like a man, man, man
Polly handled steel like a man

They took John Henry to the graveyard
Laid him down in the sand
Every locomotive comin' a-rolling by
Hollered, there lies a steel-drivin' man, man, man
yonder lies a steel-drivin' man
yonder lies a steel-drivin' man, man, man
yonder lies a steel-drivin' man