Performance @ Pickathon 2013 🎸 Verse 1: C#m G# I was born one mornin' C#m G# The rain was pourin' down C#m Bsus2 E A Heard my mamma say to my pappa E F# C#m "Let's call him John Henry Brown" C#m Walk on, boy G# Walk on down the road C#m Bsus2 E A E F# C#m Ain't nobody in this whole wide world are gonna help you carry your load
🎸 Verse 2: C#m G# I left my mamma and pappa C#m G# Just about the age of ten C#m Bsus2 E A Lord, I got me job a workin' on the levee E F# C#m Toting water for the hard working men C#m Walk on, boy G# Walk on down the road C#m Bsus2 E A E F# C#m Ain't nobody in this whole wide world are gonna help you carry your load 🎸 Solo: C#m G# C#m G# C#m Bm E A E F# C#m 🎸 Verse 3: C#m G# One day my pappy told me C#m G# "Some advice I wanna give to you C#m Bsus2 E A Son, find a good woman, be good to her E F# C#m And she's gonna be good to you" C#m Walk on boy G# Walk on down the road C#m Bsus2 E A E F# C#m There ain't nobody in this whole wide world are gonna help you carry your load 🎸 Solo: C#m G# C#m G# C#m Bm E A E F# C#m 🎸 Verse 4: C#m G# If anyone ever should ask you C#m G# "Just who is that fella Brown " C#m Bsus2 E A You can tell him I'm the boy that left his hammer smokin' E F# C#m Where he beat that steam drill down C#m Walk on boy G# Walk on down the road C#m Bsus2 E A E F# C#m There ain't nobody in this whole wide world are gonna help you carry your load C#m Bsus2 E A E F# C#m Ain't nobody in this whole wide world are gonna help you carry your load