Chords:
{t:Nine Pound Hammer }
{artist: Merle Travis }
{key: G}
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btVAuFMpNr4
{c: Thanks to Frank de Lathouder}
[G] This nine-pound hammer
Just a little too [C] heavy
for my [G] size
[D] for my [G] size
I’m a goin’ on the mountain
Gonna’ see my [C] baby,
But I ain't coming [G] back
[D] Well I ain't coming [G] back
{soc}
Roll on, Buddy
don't you roll so [C] slow,
Well how can I [G] roll
when the [D] wheels won't [G] go?
Now roll on Buddy
Pull your load of [C] coal
Tell me how can I [G] pull
When the [D] wheels won't [G] roll
{eoc}
Nine-pound hammer
Killed John [C] Henry
But it won't get [G] me
[D] Ain't a gonna get [G] me
Well I'm just a poor boy
A long ways from [C] home
Down in Tennes[G]see
[D] Down in Tennes[G]see
{soc}
Roll on, Buddy
don't you roll so [C] slow,
Well how can I [G] roll
when the [D] wheels won't [G] go?
Now roll on Buddy
Pull your load of [C] coal
Tell me how can I [G] pull
When the [D] wheels won't [G] roll
{eoc}
{np}
{sos}
[G] This nine-pound hammer
Just a little too [C] heavy
for my [G] size
[D] for my [G] size
{eos}
{sos}
I’m a goin’ on the mountain
Gonna’ see my [C] baby,
But I ain't coming [G] back
[D] Well I ain't coming [G] back
{eos}
It's a long way to Harlan
It's a long way to [C] Hazard
Just to get a little [G] brew,
[D] just to get a little [G] brew
When I'm long gone
Just make my tomb [C] stone
Outa’ number nine [G] coal
[D] Old number nine [G] coal
{soc}
Roll on, Buddy
don't you roll so [C] slow,
Well how can I [G] roll
when the [D] wheels won't [G] go?
Now roll on Buddy
Pull your load of [C] coal
Tell me how can I [G] pull
When the [D] wheels won't [G] roll
Roll on, Buddy
don't you roll so [C] slow,
Well how can I [G] roll
when the [D] wheels won't [G] go?
Now roll on Buddy
Pull your load of [C] coal
Tell me how can I [G] pull
When the [D] wheels won't [G] roll
{eoc}
