John Henry
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[Intro]
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[Verse 1] (soft)
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John Henry was a little child of four
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Sitting on his loving daddy's knee.
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Well, he picked up a hammer and he tossed it to the floor
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He said, this here hammer should have set me free
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Lord, Lord but them businessmen gonna be the death of me.
[Verse 2]
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"Well John" said the Captain, "you're a wonder to behold,
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You're fast and fit and stronger than a bull.
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Well, I give you ten cents more, cause you do the work of four.
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It's boys like you that keep my pockets full
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Lord, Lord and my pockets are overflowing it's so full."
[Verse 3]
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"But John, there's a man with a steam drill in town
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And it doesn't need to eat or drink or rest.
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Well before they go and invest in it, the company wants me testing it
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By racing it against my very best
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Lord, Lord, John I do believe you are my very best."
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"Well Captain," said John, "I got a wife and a child
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And I surely can't afford to be replaced.
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I ain't flattered or amused at the way I'm being used,
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But I'll lose my job if I don't win this race
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Lord, Lord life is hard for a poor man of my race."
[Verse 5] (HARD)
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"So go get me my oak-handled twelve pound sledge
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And a shaker who knows how to sing.
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Go get my two quart canteen and your God-damned machine
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And I'll show you how a desperate man swings
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Lord, Lord, this whole world's gonna hear my cold steel ring."
[Verse 6] (soft)
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There was fire on the mountain. There was thunder in the sky.
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The earth shook and a crowd began to form.
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Well The wind bent the trees, brought the people to their knees.
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There's a man at the center of that storm
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Lord, Lord, there's a man at the center of that storm.
[Verse 7]
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Well his canteen was empty, that, oak handle had split.
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His shaker was gasping for air.
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When the smoke and dust all cleared, the crowd began to cheer.
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John Henry beat that steam drill and fair
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Lord, Lord i said John Henry beat that steam drill and fair.
[Verse 8]
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The Captain said, I confess I'm impressed, but then I did say you was the best.
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It's too bad these other drivers ain't half as strong.
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None of them have got the skills to join my brand new crew of drills.
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They're gonna have to pack their bags and move along
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Lord, Lord, it'll just be John and them drills from now on.
[Verse 9] (HARD)
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Well his back was wide as a railroad track,
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Each arm was like a cross cut tie.
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But his heart was a heart like any man's heart.
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You break any man's heart and they die
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Lord, Lord, you break any poor man's heart and they die.
[Verse 10] (soft)
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Well, they buried John Henry not four feet from where he fell.
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And They laid his hammer down at his side.
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"Wasn't that steam drill killed my man," said his good woman Polly Ann.
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It's them greedy sons of bitches took my husband from my side.
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Their greed's the only reason that he died.
[Bridge]
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I ain't as strong as John Henry was
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And the truth is ain't never gonna be.
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Long as they keep on building tracks on the backs off the
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poor black sons and daughters. Muddy Water's said it, Huddie Ledbetter said it,
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James Baldwin, Audre Lorde, Angela Davis, Mavis Staples said it,
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I sure won't forget it. I sure won't forget it.
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I'm gonna swing this hammer, gonna swing this little mando-hammer, said
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I'm gonna swing this hammer, swing this mando-hammer,
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Swing this hardwood, steel string, baby sledgehammer
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Till those people killed John Henry come for me
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Lord, Lord I said those people killed John Henry gonna have to come kill me,
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I said those people killed John Henry come for me!
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