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