Walk On Boy

Jimmy Dean

Written by Wayne P. Walker and Mel Tillis

Key of C · Chords: I IV V

Verse 1

NC
Walk on boy

Verse 2

C                                       G7
I was born one mornin' rain was pourin' down
  C                  F
I heard my mammy say to my pappy
      C        G7         C
Let's call him John Henry Brown
Walk on boy (walk walk walk)

Verse 3

                 G7
Walk on down the road
      C             F
Ain't nobody in the whole wide world
      C        G7         C
Gonna help you carry your load
Walk on boy (walk walk walk)

Verse 4

                                                   G7
Well I left home one evenin' just about the age of ten
C                F
Got me a job way down on the levee
       C            G7          C
Totin' water to the hardworkin' men
Walk on boy (walk walk walk)

Verse 2

C                                       G7
I was born one mornin' rain was pourin' down
  C                  F
I heard my mammy say to my pappy
      C        G7         C
Let's call him John Henry Brown
Walk on boy (walk walk walk)

Verse 5

                                                           G7
The rich man makes all the money the poor man does all the work
C                           F
While the rich man's livin' mighty high on a horse
         C         G7            C
Well the poor boys are livin' on dirt
Walk on boy (walk walk walk) (walk walk walk)

Verse 2

C                                       G7
I was born one mornin' rain was pourin' down
  C                  F
I heard my mammy say to my pappy
      C        G7         C
Let's call him John Henry Brown
Walk on boy (walk walk walk)

Verse 6

                                       G7
My old pappy told me just one thing to do
C                              F
You gotta find a good woman be good to her
        C        G7      C
And she gonna be good to you
Walk on boy (walk walk walk)

Verse 2

C                                       G7
I was born one mornin' rain was pourin' down
  C                  F
I heard my mammy say to my pappy
      C        G7         C
Let's call him John Henry Brown
Walk on boy (walk walk walk)

Verse 7

                                                                G7
I know y'all heard the story ‘bout the hammer that weighed nine pound
         C                   F
Well the man that swung that hammer on the mountain
      C           G7         C
Was a fella named John Henry Brown
Walk on boy (walk walk walk)

Verse 2

C                                       G7
I was born one mornin' rain was pourin' down
  C                  F
I heard my mammy say to my pappy
      C        G7         C
Let's call him John Henry Brown
Walk on boy (walk walk walk)

Verse 8

Just keep on walkin'
(Walk walk walk walk walk walk)
     G7             C
Feet draggin', back achin'
Keep on walkin'