{"id":1291,"date":"2021-04-07T15:13:49","date_gmt":"2021-04-07T15:13:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/folksyblues.com\/?page_id=1291"},"modified":"2021-04-07T15:13:49","modified_gmt":"2021-04-07T15:13:49","slug":"john-henry","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/folksyblues.com\/?page_id=1291","title":{"rendered":"John Henry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mississippi Fred McDowell - John Henry\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/54GNI2K3-ec?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/n7wluszxDrY\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"sonny terry and brownie mcghee - John Henry\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GWcjxadRTKY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>CAPO III<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>INTRO: D&nbsp; A7&nbsp; D&nbsp; G&nbsp; D&nbsp; A7&nbsp; D&nbsp; D\/C#&nbsp; Bm&nbsp; D&nbsp; A7&nbsp; D<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Well John [D]Henry was a little baby&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sittin&#8217; on his daddy&#8217;s [A7]knee<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He&#8217;d pick [D]up a hammer and a [G]little piece of steel<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And cry [D]hammer&#8217;s gonna [A7]be the death of [D]me, [D\/C#]lord [Bm]lord<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[D]Hammer gonna [A7]be the death of [D]me<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now the [D]captain he said to John Henry<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m gonna bring that steam drill a[A7]round<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m gonna [D]bring that steam drill out [G]on these tracks<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m gonna [D]knock that [A7]steel on [D]down, [D\/C#]god&nbsp; [Bm]god<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m gonna [D]knock that [A7]steel on [D]down<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>John Henry told his captain<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lord a man ain&#8217;t nothin&#8217; but a man<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But &#8217;fore I let that steam drill beat me down<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m gonna die with a hammer in my hand, lord lord<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Die with a hammer in my hand<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>John Henry drivin&#8217; on the right side<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That steam drill drivin&#8217; on the left<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Says &#8217;fore I let your steam drill beat me down<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m gonna hammer myself to death, lord lord<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ll hammer my poor self to death<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Well captain said to John Henry<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What is that storm I hear<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>John Henry said that ain&#8217;t storm captain<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s just my hammer in the air, lord lord<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s just may hammer in the air<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>John Henry said to his shaker<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shaker why don&#8217;t you sing<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8217;Cause I&#8217;m swingin&#8217; thirty pounds from my hips on down<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yeah listen to my cold steel ring, lord lord<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Listen to my cold steel ring<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>INTRO (2x)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That John Henry he hammered in the mountains<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His hammer was strikin&#8217; fire<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But he worked so hard he broke his heart<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>John Henry laid down his hammer and died, lord lord<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>John Henry laid down his hammer and died<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Well now John Henry he had him a woman<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By the name of Polly Anne<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She walked out to those tracks, picked up John Henry&#8217;s hammer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And Polly drove steel like a man, lord lord<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Polly drove that steel like a man, oh<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oh now every, every Monday mornin&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When the bluebird, he begin to sing<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can hear John Henry from a mile or more<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can hear John Henry&#8217;s hammer ring, lord lord<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can hear John Henry&#8217;s hammer ring<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can [D]hear John [A7]Henry&#8217;s hammer [D]ring, [D\/C#]lord [Bm]lord<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can [D]hear John [A7]Henry&#8217;s hammer [D]ring<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CAPO III INTRO: D&nbsp; A7&nbsp; D&nbsp; G&nbsp; D&nbsp; A7&nbsp; D&nbsp; D\/C#&nbsp; Bm&nbsp; D&nbsp; A7&nbsp; D Well John [D]Henry was a little baby&nbsp; Sittin&#8217; on his daddy&#8217;s [A7]knee He&#8217;d pick [D]up a hammer and a [G]little piece of steel And cry [D]hammer&#8217;s gonna [A7]be the death of [D]me, [D\/C#]lord [Bm]lord [D]Hammer gonna [A7]be the death of&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/folksyblues.com\/?page_id=1291\" class=\"read-more\">Forts\u00e4tt l\u00e4sa John Henry<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1291","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/folksyblues.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/folksyblues.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/folksyblues.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/folksyblues.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/folksyblues.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1291"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/folksyblues.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1291\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1292,"href":"https:\/\/folksyblues.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1291\/revisions\/1292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/folksyblues.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}