Nine Pound Hammer

G           C

This nine pound hammer is a little too heavy

G           D           G

For my size, Buddy for my size

Roll on buddy, don’t you roll so slow

How can I roll, when the wheels won’t roll

I’m going to the mountain, just to see my baby

And I ain’t coming back, no I ain’t coming back

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There ain’t one hammer, down in this tunnel

That can ring like mine, that can ring like mine

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Rings like silver, shines like gold

Rings like silver, shines like gold

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This old hammer, it killed John Henry

Ain’t gonna kill me, ain’t gonna kill me

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It’s a long way to Harlan, and a long way to Hazard

Just to get a little booze, just to get a little booze

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Buddy when I’m long gone, won’t you make my tombstone

Out of number nine coal, out of number nine coal

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