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