Nine Pound Hammer Chords by Jorma Kaukonen

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_ _ _ [F#m] _ [Gm] _ [G] _ [A] _ [Bm] _
[Cm] _ [C#m] _ [F#] _ _ _ [B] _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ [Gm] _ [G#] _ [A] _
[Bm] _ [C] _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ [B] _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ [F#m] _ [Gm] _ [C#m] _ [A] _
[G] _ [C] _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [B] _ [E] _
_ Oh, the nine pound hammer, _ just a little [A] too heavy _ [E] for my size, [B] hey, [E] buddy, for my size.
Roll on, buddy, [Em] now don't [E] you roll [A] so slow.
_ How can [E] I roll [B] when the wheel [E] won't go?
_ Long way to Harlem, [Em] long [A] way to Hazard, just to [E] get a little groove, [B] yeah, just to [E] get a little groove.
Roll on, buddy, now don't you [A] roll so slow.
How [E] can I roll when the [B] wheel [E] won't go?
_ _ [F#] _ [Gm] _ [G#m] _
[A] _ [Bm] _ [G#] _ [C#] _ _ _ [B] _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ I [E] ain't coming back, [B] no, I [E] ain't coming back.
Roll on, buddy, now don't you [A] roll so slow.
How [E] can I roll [B] when the wheel [E] won't go?
Ain't but one hammer down [A] in this tunnel.
_ [E] Rings like mine, [B] yeah, [E] rings like mine.
_ Rings like silver, [Em] and it [A] shines like gold.
_ [E] Rings like silver, [B] yeah, and it [E] shines like gold.
_ _ _ [F#m] _ [Gm] _ [G#m] _
[A] _ _ [C] _ [C#] _ _ _ [B] _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ [B] _ _
[Bm] _ _ [A] _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _
[C#] _ _ [F#] _ [B] _ [C#m] _ _ [B] _ _
[E] _ _ [A] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [G] _ _
[C#] _ _ [F#m] _ [B] _ [Em] _ [F#m] _ [G] _ [G#m] _
[A] _ [B] _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ [B] _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ [Gm] _ [E] _
[A] _ [Bm] _ [Cm] _ [C#m] _ [C#] _ [F#] _ [D#] _ [E] _
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_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [B] _ [E] _
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_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [B] _ [E] _
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_ _ _ [E] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _
_ Oh, the nine pound hammer, [Em] that killed [A] John Henry.
[E] Ain't gonna kill me, [B] no, [Em] ain't gonna [E] kill me.
Roll [Em] on, buddy, now don't you [A] roll so slow.
_ [E] How can I [B] roll when the wheel [E] won't go?
_ Roll on, buddy, [Em] now don't you [A] roll so slow.
How [E] can I roll [B] when the wheel [E] won't go?
Roll on, buddy, now don't you roll [A] so slow.
[E] How can I roll when [B] the wheel [Em] [E] won't go? _
_ _ [F#m] _ [Gm] _ [G#m] _ [A] _ [E] _ [Cm] _
[C#m] _ _ [C#] _ [Bm] _ [B] _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ [G] _ [G#m] _ [A] _ [Bm] _ [C] _
[C#m] _ [C#] _ [F#] _ [B] _ [E] _ _ _ _
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