John Henry chords by Caamp

• Capo on 3rd

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: G

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
A     G    E    E      x4

E (hammer-on 1st finger) 4 count

Verse:
A          G            E       E
   These days ain't so easy mama
A          G            E       E
   Gotta watch your back
A          G            E       E
I   take   my whiskey straight
A          G            E       E
chewin' on the pieces from my past
A          G            E       E
In the day I wouldn't take back

E (hammer-on 1st finger) 4 count

A          G            E       E
And I'm no John Henry, mama
A          G            E       E
I do my best
A          G            E       E
With this guitar strapped to my back, child
A          G            E       E
I'm headed west
A          G            E       E
I'm headed west

E (hammer-on 1st finger) 4 count

Solo:
A          G            E       E   (x4)

E (hammer-on 1st finger) 4 count

A          G            E       E
Go to sleep when the sun comes up now
A          G            E       E
on this dead beat town
A          G            E       E
I come alive in the moonlight mama when that
A          G            E       E
Sun goes down
A          G            E       E
When that sun goes down

E (hammer-on 1st finger) 4 count

A          G            E       E
And I'm no John Henry, mama
A          G            E       E
I do my best
A          G            E       E
With this guitar strapped to my back child
A          G            E       E
And I'm headed west
A          G            E       E
   Headed west

A          G            E       E
   Walk away from my grave
A          G            E       E
    With these boots still o-on
A          G            E       E
   Dead soul needs savin'
A          G            E       E
   Gon' grab my gun
A          G            E       E
   Gonna grab my gun

A          G            E       E
   And I'm no John Henry
A          G            E       E
   I do my best
A          G            E       E
   With this guitar strapped to my back, child
A          G            E       E
And I'm headed we-est

A          G            E       E
And I'm no John Henry, mama
A          G            E       E
I do my best
A          G            E       E
With this guitar strapped to my back, child
A          G            E       E
I'm headed west
A          G            E       E
And I'm headed west
A          G            E       E
And I'm headed west

                   A       G    E       E
Speed up and repeat: I’m headed west

Single Strums:
  A   G   E

A                E
   I’m heading… West.