John Henry
Trad./arr. John Fahey

From the album "Blind Joe Death" (1967 version)

Standard tuning, capo 3rd fret
/sl = slide up
\sl = slide down
ho = hammer on

Tabbed by Christophe Cardon

|------0-----0-----------0------------0--------|
|------0-----------0-----------0------------0--|
|----------------------------------------------|repeat 3 times
|------0--------2-/sl-4------4-\sl-2-----0-----|
|----------------------------------------------|
|---3-----0-----------0------------0-----------|
1

|-----3-----3-----3-----------0--------|---3--3-------3-----3-----0-----------|
|-----0-----0-----0-----3-----------0--|---0--0-------0-----0--3--------3-----|
|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-----0--------0-----0-----------0-----|------0-ho-2-----2-----0--ho-2-----2--|
|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|--3-----3--------3--------3-----------|---3-------3--------3--------3--------|
2-3

|--3--3-------3-----3-----------0-----|---3--3-------3-----1-----------0-----|
|--0--0-------0-----0--3-----3--------|---0--0-------0-----0-----------0-----|
|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-----0-ho-2-----2-----0--ho-2-----2--|------0-ho-2-----2-----0--ho-2-----2--|
|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|--3-------3--------3--------3--------|---3-------3--------3--------3--------|
4-5

|------------------------------------0----|--3--3-------3-----3----------------|
|--3----------3----------3--------3-------|--0--0-------0-----0--3--------3----|
|--------0----------0----------0----------|------------------------------------|
|-----0-ho-2-----2----------0--ho-2-----2-|-----0-ho-2-----2-----0--ho-2-----2-|
|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|--3-------3----------3-----------3-------|--3-------3--------3--------3-------|
6-7

|-0-------------------------------|-------0----------------0-------------------|
|-0-----0-------------------------|------------------0-----------------0-------|
|-------------2-----0-------------|-3----------3-----------------3-----------0-|
|----0-----------2-----0-ho-2--2--|----0-ho-2-----2-----------0--ho-2-----2----|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|-3--------0--------3-------3-----|-3-------3-----------3-----------3----------|
8-9

|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-----0-ho-2-----2-----0--ho-2-----2--|
|-------------------------------------|
|--3-------3--------3--------3--------|
10

|-----------0----------------0-------------------|
|--------0-------------0-----------------0-------|
|-----3----------3-----------------3-----------0-|
|--------0-ho-2-----2-----------0--ho-2-----2----|
|------------------------------------------------|
|---3---------3-----------3-----------3----------|
11

|-----------------------------------0--|
|--------------------------------3-----|
|--------------------------------------|
|------0-ho-2-----2-----0--ho-2-----2--|
|--------------------------------------|
|---3-------3--------3--------3--------|
12

Repeat bars 3-12 with variations
Then walk away while repeating bar 1 and bars 9-12 a few times
Come back to play bars 3-12 again.