Nine Pound Hammer

Jimmy Dean

Written by Merle Travis

Key of C · Chords: I IV V

Verse 1

C         F             C
Little to heavy  for my size
G7           C
Honey for my size
                                  F
Well roll on buddy with a load of coal
             C         G7                         C
Well how you roll roll roll when the wheels won't go

Verse 2

                                   F
Nine pound hammer done killed John Henry
                    C               G7               C
It ain't gonna kill me no sir-ee it ain't gonna kill me
                              F
Roll on buddy  pull a load of coal
            C         G7                         C
How can you roll roll roll when the wheels won't go

Verse 3

Well I'm going on that mountain
               F
I gonna see my baby
                   C
And I ain't coming back
   G7                          C
No sir-ee I ain't never coming back

Verse 4

And when I'm long gone
                F
You can make my tombstone
                            C
Out of number nine coal boy boy
G7            C
A-number nine coal

Verse 5

                                  F
Well roll on buddy with a load of coal
             C         G7                         C
Well how you roll roll roll when the wheels won't go