John Henry

E B E B E E John Henry he was a little bitty boy B No bigger than the palm of your hand E When his baby looked down at Johnny and said E Johnny gonna be a steel driving man, shows you're born B E Johnny's going to be a steel driving man E B E B E E John Henry went up on a mountain top B And he looked down the other side E Oh the mountain was so tall John Henry was so small E That he laid down his hammer and he cried Lord, Lord B E Laid down his hammer and he cried E B E B E E John Henry he went to the tunnel to drive B Steam hammer by his side E He beat the drill to the end of the tunnel E Laid down his hammer and he died Lord, Lord B E Laid down his hammer and he died E B E B E E Well they took John Henry to the graveyard B Laid him six feet under the sand E And every time a friend passes by E They'd say under lies a steel driving man Lord, Lord B E There under lies a steel driving man