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Nine Pound Hammer
Traditional
Key: G

Verse 1:

G
This nine pound hammer
                       C
Is just a little too heavy...
G            D          G
for my size Buddy for my size

Chorus:
G                                     C
Roll on, Buddy... don't you roll so slow,
           G    D                     G
How can I roll when the wheels won't go?

Verse 2:
I went upon the mountain
Just to see my honey,
And I ain't coming back
Lord, I ain't coming back

Chorus

Verse 3:
It's a long way to Harlan
It's a long way to Hazard
Just to get a little booze,
Lord, just to get a little booze

Chorus

Verse 4:
There ain’t one hammer,
down in this tunnel
That can ring like mine,
that can ring like mine

Chorus

Verse 5:
This old hammer,
it killed John Henry
Ain’t gonna kill me,
ain’t gonna kill me

Chorus