Caamp – John Henry (Guitar)

Capo 3
Key
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Chords

[Intro] A G E E x4 E (hammer-on 1st finger) 4 count [Verse]
A          G            E       E
   These days ain't so easy mama

A          G            E       E
   Gotta watch your back

A          G            E       E
I   take   my whiskey straight

A          G            E       E
chewin' on the pieces from my past

A          G            E       E
In the day I wouldn't take back
E (hammer-on 1st finger) 4 count
A          G            E       E
And I'm no John Henry, mama

A          G            E       E
I do my best

A          G            E       E
With this guitar strapped to my back, child

A          G            E       E
I'm headed west

A          G            E       E
I'm headed west
E (hammer-on 1st finger) 4 count [Solo] A G E E (x4) E (hammer-on 1st finger) 4 count
A          G            E       E
Go to sleep when the sun comes up now

A          G            E       E
on this dead beat town

A          G            E       E
I come alive in the moonlight mama when that

A          G            E       E
Sun goes down

A          G            E       E
When that sun goes down
E (hammer-on 1st finger) 4 count
A          G            E       E
And I'm no John Henry, mama

A          G            E       E
I do my best

A          G            E       E
With this guitar strapped to my back child

A          G            E       E
And I'm headed west

A          G            E       E
   Headed west

A          G            E       E
   Walk away from my grave

A          G            E       E
    With these boots still o-on

A          G            E       E
   Dead soul needs savin'

A          G            E       E
   Gon' grab my gun

A          G            E       E
   Gonna grab my gun

A          G            E       E
   And I'm no John Henry

A          G            E       E
   I do my best

A          G            E       E
   With this guitar strapped to my back, child

A          G            E       E
And I'm headed we-est

A          G            E       E
And I'm no John Henry, mama

A          G            E       E
I do my best

A          G            E       E
With this guitar strapped to my back, child

A          G            E       E
I'm headed west

A          G            E       E
And I'm headed west

A          G            E       E
And I'm headed west

                   A       G    E       E
Speed up and repeat: I'm headed west
[Single Strums] A G E
A                E
   I'm heading… West.