Tonalità: D major
Intro 1
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Em
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Verse 1
was a little baby
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Sitting on his daddy's knee
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He'd pick a hammer
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And a little piece of steel
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And cry "Hammer's gon
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na be the death of me
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Lord, Lord
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Hammer's gonna be the death of me"
Verse 2
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Well, the Captain, he said to John Henry
"I'm gonna bring that steam
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drill around
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I'm gonna bring that steam drill
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Out on these tracks
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I'm gonna knock that steel all down
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God, God
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I'm gonna knock that steel all down"
Verse 3
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John Henry, he told his Captain
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"Lord, a man ain't nothing but a man"
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He said "Before I let
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Your steam drill beat me down
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I'm gonna die with a
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hammer in my hand
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Lord, Lord
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I'm gonna die with a
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hammer in my hand"
Verse 4
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John Henry was driving on the right side
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That steam drill was driving on the left
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He said "Before I let
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Your steam drill beat me down
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I'm gonna hammer my
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self to the death
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Lord, Lord
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I'm gonna hammer my full self to
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the death"
Interlude 1
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Well, the Captain, he said to John
Verse 5
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Henry
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"What is that storm I hear"
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John Henry said "That ain't no storm,
Captain
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That's just my hammer in the air
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Lord, Lord
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That's just my hammer in the air"
Verse 6
John Henry, he said to his shaker
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"Shaker, why don't you sing
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'Cause I'm swinging 30 pounds
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From my hips on down, yeah
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Listen to my cold steel ring
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Listen to my cold steel ring"
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Verse 7
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John Henry, he hammered in
the mountains
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His hammer was striking fire
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But he worked so hard
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It broke his heart
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John Henry laid down
his hammer and died
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Em
Lord, Lord
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John Henry laid down his hammer
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and died
Verse 8
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John Henry, now he had him a woman
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By the name of Polly Ann
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She went out on those tracks
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Picked up John Henry's hammer
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And Polly drove steel like a man
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Lord, Lord
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Polly drove that steel like a man
Verse 9
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Well, now every,
now every Monday morning
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When, a bluebird, he began to sing
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You could hear John Henry
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For a mile or more
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Yeah, you could hear John
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Henry's hammer ring
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Em
Lord, Lord
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You could hear John Henry's
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I said, you could hear John Henry's
Verse 10
hammer ring
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Lord, Lord
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You could hear John Henry's hammer ring
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