Chords with lyrics
Performance @ Pickathon 2013
🎸 Verse 1:
C# minorC#m G#G#
I was born one mornin'
C# minorC#m G#G#
The rain was pourin' down
C# minorC#m Bsus2Bsus2 E MajorE A augmentedA
Heard my mamma say to my pappa
E MajorE F#F# C# minorC#m
"Let's call him John Henry Brown"
C# minorC#m
Walk on, boy
G#G#
Walk on down the road
C# minorC#m Bsus2Bsus2 E MajorE A augmentedA E MajorE F#F# C# minorC#m
Ain't nobody in this whole wide world are gonna help you carry your load
🎸 Verse 2:
C# minorC#m G#G#
I left my mamma and pappa
C# minorC#m G#G#
Just about the age of ten
C# minorC#m Bsus2Bsus2 E MajorE A augmentedA
Lord, I got me job a workin' on the levee
E MajorE F#F# C# minorC#m
Toting water for the hard working men
C# minorC#m
Walk on, boy
G#G#
Walk on down the road
C# minorC#m Bsus2Bsus2 E MajorE A augmentedA E MajorE F#F# C# minorC#m
Ain't nobody in this whole wide world are gonna help you carry your load
🎸 Solo:
C# minorC#m G#G# C# minorC#m G#G# C# minorC#m B minorBm E MajorE A augmentedA E MajorE F#F# C# minorC#m
🎸 Verse 3:
C# minorC#m G#G#
One day my pappy told me
C# minorC#m G#G#
"Some advice I wanna give to you
C# minorC#m Bsus2Bsus2 E MajorE A augmentedA
Son, find a good woman, be good to her
E MajorE F#F# C# minorC#m
And she's gonna be good to you"
C# minorC#m
Walk on boy
G#G#
Walk on down the road
C# minorC#m Bsus2Bsus2 E MajorE A augmentedA E MajorE F#F# C# minorC#m
There ain't nobody in this whole wide world are gonna help you carry your load
🎸 Solo:
C# minorC#m G#G# C# minorC#m G#G# C# minorC#m B minorBm E MajorE A augmentedA E MajorE F#F# C# minorC#m
🎸 Verse 4:
C# minorC#m G#G#
If anyone ever should ask you
C# minorC#m G#G#
"Just who is that fella Brown "
C# minorC#m Bsus2Bsus2 E MajorE A augmentedA
You can tell him I'm the boy that left his hammer smokin'
E MajorE F#F# C# minorC#m
Where he beat that steam drill down
C# minorC#m
Walk on boy
G#G#
Walk on down the road
C# minorC#m Bsus2Bsus2 E MajorE A augmentedA E MajorE F#F# C# minorC#m
There ain't nobody in this whole wide world are gonna help you carry your load
C# minorC#m Bsus2Bsus2 E MajorE A augmentedA E MajorE F#F# C# minorC#m
Ain't nobody in this whole wide world are gonna help you carry your load