Chords for Merle Travis Nine Pound Hammer 1951

_ _ _ This nine pound hammer just a little too [C] heavy
_ for [G] my size
for my size
I'm going on the mountain _ gonna see [C] my baby
But I ain't coming [G] back
Well, I ain't coming back
Roll on buddy
Don't you roll so [C] slow?
Well, [G] how can I roll?
When the wheels won't go _
Roll on buddy.
_ Oh, you're [C] loaded cold.
Tell me [G] how can I put _ [D] when we?
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[G] _ _ _ Nine pound hammer _
Kill [C] John Henry, _ but it won't [G] get me _
[D] Ain't it gonna [G] get me?
Well, I'm just a poor boy a [C] long ways from home
down in [G] Tennessee
_ down in Tennessee
_ roll on buddy
Don't you roll slow?
_ Tell me how can I roll?
[D] When we [G] won't go
Roll on buddy.
Oh, you're loaded [C] cold
How can [G] I pull?
When we won't roll _
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_ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [F] _ [Gm] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [G] _ _
It's a long way to Harlan
_ It's a long [C] way to hazard just to get [G] a little brew just to get a little brew
_ When I'm long gone just make [C] my tubes door [G] out of number nine cold
old number nine cold
roll on buddy
Don't [C] you roll so slow?
Tell me how can [G] I roll? _
When we won't go
Roll on buddy.
Oh, you're loaded [E] cold
_ [G] How can I pull? _
When we won't roll _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Roll on buddy.
Don't you roll [Gm] slow?
_ [G] Yeah, man, I roll
_ When we won't [G] go _ _ _
_ Pulled you [C] know the cold [B] tell me how can I pull when we will roll?
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