Hampton House chords by Jon Bloch

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

🎸 Intro:

E  G  A  E   x2


🎸 Verse 1:
E            G            A                     E
Way down in Carolina the Santee Rivers running fine
E                        G
Up from the ocean to the old rice fields
          A                   E
Where the big bull gators all live.
E                     G
The river runs muddy shallow and wide,
       A            E
up to Wambah creek on the left side.
E                        G
On to the landing at the Hampton House
          A         E
built in 1740 they say.
E                                G
At the top of the stairs on the second floor
A                     E
A young man took his life.
E    G     A         E
John Henry took his life.

🎸 Chorus:
E                       Bm7
His rocking chair won't stop they say
    A                     E
The blood stain you can't wipe it away
E                             Bm7
His family refused to let him marry his love
            A              E
She wasn't good enough for them


🎸 Verse 2:
E                    G
He sat and he rocked in that old chair

He sat and
A               E
Lovesick, over come with dispair
E                  G
With a shot gun he took his life
    A                E
the pain to great to bare
E              G
They found him slumped over
  A                    E
a pool of blood at his feet
E                     G
He suffered and bleed 2 more days
      A               E
March 5th 1830 passed away


🎸 Chorus:
E                       Bm7
His rocking chair won't stop they say
    A                     E
The blood stain you can't wipe it away
E                             Bm7
His family refused to let him marry his love
            A              E
She wasn't good enough for them


🎸 Verse 3:
E                          G
Sometimes that chair would rock on it's own
A                 E
Until they put it away
E                        G
The blood stain it would never come out
     A                  E
That woods still black today
E                        G
And up at the top of the stairs some say
  A                    E
a cold chill fills the air
E                   G
cause John Henry he took his life
          A                   E
since his love couldnt be his wife


🎸 Chorus:
E                       Bm7
His rocking chair won't stop they say
    A                     E
The blood stain you can't wipe it away
E                             Bm7
His family refused to let him marry his love
            A              E
She wasn't good enough for them


🎸 Outro:
E                    G
He sat and he rocked in that old chair
A               E
Lovesick, over come with dispair
E                  G
With a shot gun he took his life
    A                E
the pain to great to bare,
       G       A                  E
oh the pain to great, to great to bare