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The Ballad of John Henry in guitar acoustic version might be one of your liked song. Not only hearing the song but you can play “The Ballad of John Henry by Joe Bonamassa” using guitar too. Yup .. this song by may also be played by that instrument. But, before that, you need to understand its guitar chords.

Whether you are looking for The Ballad of John Henry guitar chords, you already visit to the right place.

Yeah,Ya, guitar is hard to master in the beginning, but gets easier the longer you stick with it. The more you practice, the simple guitar will feel to play the music.

“The Ballad of John Henry” guitar chords has rhythm and included in “The Ballad of John Henry (2009)” album.

The Ballad of John Henry by Joe Bonamassa Guitar Chords

Hi guys, this is my first tab I’ve posted so I hope it gets accepted. Some other guy has
posted a guitar pro tab of this song which is correct as well. My version is simply
way of playing it, but in standard tuning (with bass string dropped to B). So I would
it if no one has a go at me for no apparent reason okay, its only a guitar tab guys.
So yeah I hope this helps, took me about an hour to work it out.

PLEASE NOTE: The solo is not tabbed here so no one have a go at me for that either, it
my first tab remember.

Key
x – Muted note
/ – Slide
– Pinch Harmonic

Enjoy

Tuning
e-
[B-]
[G-]
[D-]
[A-]
[B-]
(Guitar 1 – Electric)
Intro D5 E5


|-----|------------------------------------------|
|-----|--------------3----------------------3--5-|
|-----|--------------2----------------------2--4-| Repeat x6
|-----|--------------0----------------------0--2-|
|-----|-----2-0-2----0--2-0-2~---2-0-2~-0---0--2-|
|-/5--|---0-------0------------0---------0-------|

(Guitar 2 – Acoustic: slid notes are with a metal slider)
Verse – Best finger picked )


|----------------------| |------|
|---3-------3-------3--| |------|
|-----4-------4-------4| repeat x3 |--2/4-| Slide slowly, listen out for
|----------------------| |------| whenever Joe slides this note.
|-2-----2-------2------| |------|
|----------------------| |------|

(Guitar 1 – Electric)
Chorus


|------------------------------------------|
|--------------3----------------------3--5-|
|--------------2----------------------2--4-| Play until chorus finishes.
|--------------0----------------------0--2-|
|-----2-0-2----0--2-0-2~---2-0-2~-0---0--2-|
|---0-------0------------0---------0-------|

Bridge
(Guitar 1 – Electric)
[F#5] 


|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-11-11-11-11-11-11--12---11/12-11--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-| repeat x5
|-11-11-11-11-11-11--12---11/12-11--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
|--9--9--9--9--9--9--10----9/10--9--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-------------------------------------------------|

Metal Slider


|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------| Then there's
|------------------------------------------------------------| the solo.
|------------------10/12~-2----------------10/12------------|
|-/0---------x-x-x-----------0-0-0-0-0-0--x--------x-x-x-x-x-|

Outro
(Guitar 1 – Electric)


|------|
|------|
|------| Repeat.
|------|

|–0—|
|—3b-|
—————–

If you want to be master of Joe Bonamassa The Ballad of John Henry guitar chords, you have to understand the 5 major chords, C major, A major, G major, E major, and D major. The reason we use all major chords is that the minors of any of these chords just lack few adjustments. Each one of those minor chords is fully based on its major counterpart.

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