Nine Pound Hammer Chords by Tommy Emmanuel

[E] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ [E] _
_ Oh, time for a Milt Travis song. _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [E] _ _ [G] _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ [E] _ Oh, I love this tune.
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_ [Gm] _ _ [B] [E] That nine pound hammer, it's a little [A] too heavy _ [E] for my side. _
For my side.
_ I'm going on a mountain, going to [A] see my baby.
And I ain't [Em] coming back.
[Gb] [A] I ain't [E] coming back.
No, [B] yeah.
[E] Roll on back.
Don't you [A] roll so slow.
[Eb] How can I [Db] roll [B] when the [E] wind won't blow?
[B] Roll [E] on, buddy.
Put [A] your load of coal.
[Bb] _ [E] How can you roll [Bb] [E] when the wind won't blow?
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_ [Em] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
A long way to Holland.
It's a [A] long way to Houston.
[G] Just to get a little [E] brew.
[Gb] _ [E] Get a little brew.
Well, [Ab] when I'm [D] long gone, [A] make my tombstone out
of number [E] nine coal.
Number [A] nine [E] coal.
Yeah, yeah.
Roll [Em] on, buddy.
Pull [A] your load of coal.
[Em] _ How can I pull [Gb] [E] when the wheels won't go?
Yeah.
[B] Roll [E] on, buddy.
[D] Don't you roll [A] so slow.
[E] How can I roll [B] when [E] the wheels won't go?
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[E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ [G] _
[Gb] _ [E] _ _ _ When I'm [G] long gone, [A] make my tombstone
[E] out of number nine coal. _
Number nine coal.
But that nine pound handle [G] is just a little too heavy
_ [E] for my [B] son.
Ready for my [Eb] son.
[A] I'm going on a [Eb] mountain, going to see my _ [Am] baby.
I ain't coming back.
[B] No, I ain't coming [Gbm] back.
No, I ain't coming back.
_ Roll on, [E] buddy, but don't you [Em] roll so slow.
How can I [Gb] roll [E] when the wheels gon' go?
_ [B] [E] Roll on, buddy, for the [Em] Lord's cause.
[E] How can I [Dbm] roll [B] when the wheels gon' go?
We [E] don't need no [Bb] stinkin' band out there.
[E] Roll on, buddy, for the Lord's cause. _
[Em] How can I roll [Gb] [E] when the wheels gon' go?
Yeah, [Bb] yeah, [B] yeah.
Take it, guys.
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[B] [E] Roll on, buddy, for [A] the Lord's cause.
[Bb] _
How can I [Dbm] roll [B] when the [Eb] wheels gon' go?
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