Nine Pound Hammer Chords by Merle Travis

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[F#] _ Roll on, buddy, _ _ don't you roll so [B] slow How [F#] can I roll [F] when the wheels [F#] won't go? _ _
_ _ _ Up in East Kentucky around Harlan and Perry County, the coal miner sings a little song
called the Nine Pound Hammer.
_ Now just picture yourself driving four-inch spikes and hard black oak track tires about
five miles back under the mountain, where the top's so low in the mines that you can't
straighten up to rest your back just for a minute.
_ And lots of times the air gets so foul back there that you just can't get a good deep breath. _
_ _ _ This nine pound hammer _ is a little [B] too heavy _ for my [F#] _ size, [C#] honey, for my [F#] size.
[G#] I'm going on [F#] the mountain, gonna see [B] my baby, [F#] but I ain't coming back, oh well I ain't coming back.
_ Roll on, buddy, don't you roll so [B] slow _ How [F#] can I roll _ when the wheels won't go?
_ _ Roll on, buddy, pull a load of coal How can [G#] I pull when the [F#] wheels won't roll? _ _ _ _ _ _
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[C#] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ It's a long way to Harlan, it's a long [B] way to Hazard, _ just to [F#] get a little brew, _ just
to get a little brew.
_ When [F#m] I'm long gone, [F#] you can [B] make my _ tombstone out of number [F#] nine coal, _ out of number nine coal.
_ Roll on, buddy, _ _ don't you roll [B] so slow _ How [G#] can I roll [C#m] when the [B] wheels [F#] won't go?
_ _ Roll on, buddy, pull a [B] load of coal How [F#] can I pull when the wheels won't roll? _ _ _ _ _ _
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Roll on, buddy, don't [B] you roll so slow _ How [F#] can I roll _ [B]
when the wheels won't go?
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