Nine Pound Hammer (Live) Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[D]Wel[G]l,[D][G][D]
[G]it'[A]s a nine -pound hammer[D],
just a little too [G]heavy for my size,
[D]for[G] my [A]size[D][G]
[D]Well, I'm a [A]-goin' [D]on the mountain,
I'm gonna save [G]my baby
And I ain't a -com[D]in' back,
[A]no, I ain't a -comin' bac[D]k[G]
[D]Well, [G]roll on, [D]buddy,
don't you roll [G]so slow
How can I [D]roll [A]when the
wheel don't [D]go?
Roll on, pull a load [G]of coal
How can I [D]pull [A]when the
wheel don't [D]go?[G]
[D]You know, down in East Kentucky,[G]
[D]a coal miner does [A]sing a [D]song called
the Nine [G]Pound [A]Hammer.
[D]And if you could just picture
your[G]self for a minute,
about three,
four miles down in underneath the [D]mountain,
driving four -inch spike
into hard black oak tie,
where the top of [A]the mine is so low
[G]that you[D] just can't [G]straighten up
to rest your back even for a minute.
[D]And[G] the air dow[D]n there is so fou[G]l
[D]that you just can[G]'t get a good,
deep [D]breath.
You know what they're going through.
Well, [A]it's a long way to [D]Harlem.
It's a long [G]way to Hazzard,
just to get a little [D]brew,
[G]just [A]to get a little bre[D]w
Well, I'm wearing them long johns,
you can build my [G]tombstone
Out of number [D]nine coke,
[A]out of number nine [D]coke[G]
[D]Well, roll on buddy,
don't you roll so [G]slow
Well, how can [D]I roll,
[A]when the wheel don't [D]roll[G]
[D]Roll on, buddy, full of love [G]for the cold
How can I [D]pull [G]when[A]
the wheel don't [D]go?
Well, how can I pull [G]when[A]
the wheel don't [D]go?

[Outro 1]
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