Mississippi John Hurt – Spike Driver Blues (Guitar Acoustic Tab)

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Title: Spike Driver Blues Author and Copyright: MississippiHans (tab.) Time: 4/4, Q=170, Capo: 2, optionally. Eighths are marked "+". The chord names above the tab lines indicate the left-hand position. Below the 6 guitar tab-lines (with standard tuning) are 3 additional vocal tab lines for the melody.
[Verse]    (2x)
   G          +                                 +     +                                  +     +
E|---------------0---|-3-------1-------|-3------3------------|-----------------|----------------------|
B|------------3------|-----------------|-----------------0---|-----------------|---------0--------0---|
G|-------------------|-----------------|--------------3------|-0---------------|---------------3------|
D|-----0---------0---|-----0-------0---|-----0-----------0---|-----2-------2---|------2-----------2---|
A|---------2---------|---------2-------|-----------2---------|-----------------|----------------------|
E|-3-----------------|-3---------------|-3-------------------|-3-------3-------|-3----------3---------|

               John    Henry   was a     steel     driving     man                  Yes,       he went  
E|-------------------|-3-------1---1---|-3-------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
B|------------3------|-----------------|-----------------0---|-----------------|----0-------------0---|
G|-------------------|-----------------|-----------3---------|-0---------------|---------------3-----|

             +     +      +     +    +     +             +     +      +     +    +     +             +     +
E|-------------------|----1-------1-----0--1-|-------------------|----3-------3-----0--3-|-------------------|
B|-------------------|---------------3-------|-------------------|---------------3-------|-------------------|
G|-0---------0-----0-|----------0------------|-----------0-----0-|----------0------------|-----------0-----0-|
D|-----0--------0----|-------0----------0----|-----0--------0----|-------0----------0----|-----0--------0----|
A|--------2----------|------------2----------|--------2----------|------------2----------|--------2----------|
E|-3-----------------|-3---------------------|-3-----------------|-3---------------------|-3-----------------|

   down.                         Well he went down
E|-------------------|------------1-----0--1-|-------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|
B|-------------------|---------------3-------|-------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|
G|-0-----------------|-----------------------|-------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|
[Lyrics] John Henry was a steel driving man Yes he went down, Well he went down You just take this hammer and carry it to my captain Oh tell him I'm gone, Won't you tell him I'm gone John Henry, he left his hammer Layin' 'side the road, Layin' 'side the road John Henry, he left his hammer All painted in red, All painted in red You just take this hammer and carry it to my captain Yes tell him I'm gone, Won't you tell him I'm gone This is the hammer that killed John Henry But it won't kill me, No it won't kill me I walked all the way from East Colorado Baby that's my home, Honey that's my home, That's where I'm goin'