Intro
B A F# F# x4
F# (hammer-on 1st finger) 4 count
[Verse]
B A F# F#
These days ain't so easy mama
B A F# F#
Gotta watch your back
B A F# F#
I take my whiskey straight
B A F# F#
chewin' on the pieces from my past
B A F# F#
In the day I wouldn't take back
F# (hammer-on 1st finger) 4 count
B A F# F#
And I'm no John Henry, mama
B A F# F#
I do my best
B A F# F#
With this guitar strapped to my back, child
B A F# F#
I'm headed west
B A F# F#
I'm headed west
F# (hammer-on 1st finger) 4 count
[Solo]
B A F# F# (x4)
F# (hammer-on 1st finger) 4 count
B A F# F#
Go to sleep when the sun comes up now
B A F# F#
on this dead beat town
B A F# F#
I come alive in the moonlight mama when that
B A F# F#
Sun goes down
B A F# F#
When that sun goes down
F# (hammer-on 1st finger) 4 count
B A F# F#
And I'm no John Henry, mama
B A F# F#
I do my best
B A F# F#
With this guitar strapped to my back child
B A F# F#
And I'm headed west
B A F# F#
Headed west
B A F# F#
Walk away from my grave
B A F# F#
With these boots still o-on
B A F# F#
Dead soul needs savin'
B A F# F#
Gon' grab my gun
B A F# F#
Gonna grab my gun
B A F# F#
And I'm no John Henry
B A F# F#
I do my best
B A F# F#
With this guitar strapped to my back, child
B A F# F#
And I'm headed we-est
B A F# F#
And I'm no John Henry, mama
B A F# F#
I do my best
B A F# F#
With this guitar strapped to my back, child
B A F# F#
I'm headed west
B A F# F#
And I'm headed west
B A F# F#
And I'm headed west
B A F# F#
Speed up and repeat: I’m headed west
[Single Strums]
B A F#
B F#
I’m heading… West.