Billy Strings – John Henry (Guitar)

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Well when John Henry was a little baby boy

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No bigger than the palm of your hand

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Well John Henrys ma looked down at him and said

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John you gonna be a steel driving man lord, lord

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John you gonna be a steel driving man

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Now the man who invented that ol’ steam drill

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He thought it was mighty fine

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But John Henry drove it down fifteen feet

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While the steam drill only made it nine lord, lord

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steam drill only made it nine

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Well John Henrys captain he sat out on a rock

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Said boys this tunnels caving in

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Well John Henry smiled at his captain and said

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“boss that’s just my hammer suckin’ wind”

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“boss that’s just my hammer suckin’ wind”

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Well John Henry hammered in that ole mountain side

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Till his hammer caught on fire

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The last poor words that ole John Henry said

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“give me a cool drink of water for I die” lord, lord

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“give me a cool drink of water for I die”

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Well John Henry had a little woman

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Her name was Polly Anne

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well John he got sick lord, he had to go to bed

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Polly drove that steel like a man lord, lord

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Polly drove that steel like a man

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Well they took John Henry to the graveyard

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Put him six feet under the sand

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Now every time that ol train goes rolling by

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They say “yonder lies that steel drivin man” lord, lord

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They say “yonder lies that steel drivin man”