Joe Purdy - John Henry And The Old North Wind Chords

John Henry and the Old North Wind, by Joe Purdy, from CD Canyon Joe

Capo 2, Standard Tuning. Lots of hammer-ons on C and Am.

1.
C              F       C
Come in, come in John Henry
     F   C          Am
Come in out of the cold
           F          C       Am       F
Cause that Old North Wind is calling
              C        F       C
But it ain't time for you to go

C  F  C

2. 
 C             F     C
Sit down Miss Pollyanna
        F       C       Am
Please wait for my return
            F         C        Am     F
Cause that Old North Wind is calling
        C        F           C
But my love for you still burns

3.
 C              F       C
Don't go, don't go John Henry
        F              C      Am
Please lay down your hammer today
            F         C        Am     F
Cause that Old North Wind is calling
            C     F         C
And she'll put you in the grave

4. 
C           F     C
Don't worry Pollyanna
     F        C             Am
You know that I can't stay home
             F         C       Am     F
But if that Old North Wind is calling
        C               F            C
I will fight her like a hammer to a stone

5. 
 C              F       C
Come quick Miss Pollyanna
     F          C      Am
John Henry was taken today
     F          C          Am         F
That Old North Wind came calling him in
               C              F     C
He was still fighting as he faded away
               C              F     C
He was still fighting as he faded away

  C   F   C