Nitty Gritty Dirt Band – Nine Pound Hammer (Guitar)

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[Intro] Two verses [Verse 1]
G
This nine-pound hammer

                       C
Is just a little too heavy

       G 
for my size  

D       G
 for my size
[Verse 2]
G
I went upon the mountain

               C
Just to see my baby,

                   G
And I ain't coming back

D                      G
  Lord, I ain't coming back
[Chorus]
G
Roll on, Buddy

                  C
don't you roll so slow,

           G
How can I roll

D                      G
 when the wheels won't go?

G
Now roll on Buddy

                  C
Pull your load of coal

              G
Now how can I pull

D                      G
 When the wheels won't roll
[Solo](one 2 verses) [Verse 3]
G
Now a nine-pound hammer

            C
Killed John Henry

                 G
But it won't get me

D
 Ain't a gonna get me
[Verse 4]
G
Now I'm just a poor boy

                 C
A long ways from home

              G
Down in Tennessee

D
 Down in Tennessee
[Chorus]
G
Roll on, Buddy

                  C
don't you roll so slow,

           G
How can I roll

D                      G
 when the wheels won't go?

G
Now roll on Buddy

                  C
Pull your load of coal

              G
Now how can I pull

D                      G
 When the wheels won't roll
[Solo](one 2 verses) [Verse 5]
G
It's a long way to Harlan

                   C
It's a long way to Hazard

                     G
Just to get a little brew,

D
 just to get a little brew
[Verse 6]
G
When I'm long gone

                  C
Just make my tomb stone

                 G
Outa number nine coal

D
 Outa number nine coal
[Chorus]
G
Roll on, Buddy

                  C
don't you roll so slow,

           G
How can I roll

D                      G
 when the wheels won't go?

G
Now roll on Buddy

                  C
Pull your load of coal

              G
Now how can I pull

D                      G
 When the wheels won't roll
[Solo](one 1 verses) [Chorus]
G
Roll on, Buddy

                  C
don't you roll so slow,

           G
How can I roll

D                      G
 when the wheels won't go?

G
Now roll on Buddy

                  C
Pull your load of coal

              G
Now how can I pull

D                      G
 When the wheels won't roll