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Big Spike Hammer

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[Verse]
Can't you Ghear the ripple of my big spike Emhammer
CLord it's busting my Emside
I've done Gall I can do to keep that Emwoman
CStill she's never satEmisfiedD7  
Hey Ghey EmDella GMae
Why do you Dtreat me this Gway
Hey hey EmDella GMae
I'll get Deven some Gday
I'm the Gbest hammer swinger in this big section Emgang
CBig Bill Johnson is my Emname
I Gswing this old hammer for a dollar and a half a Emday
And it's Call for Emmy DeD7lla Mae
Hey Ghey EmDella GMae
Why do you Dtreat me this Gway
Hey hey EmDella GMae
I'll get Deven some Gday
GWell I've been lots of places and there's lots of things i've Emdone
And Cstill some things I wanna Emsee
This Ghammer that I swing or the woman that I Emlove
Cone of them's gonna be the death of EmmeD7  
Hey Ghey EmDella GMae
Why do you Dtreat me this Gway
Hey hey EmDella GMae
I'll get Deven some Gday

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Big Spike Hammer

by Doc Watson

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[Verse]

G Em

Can't you hear the ripple of my big spike hammer

C Em

Lord it's busting my side

G Em

I've done all I can do to keep that woman

C Em D7

Still she's never satisfied

G Em G

Hey hey Della Mae

D G

Why do you treat me this way

Em G

Hey hey Della Mae

D G

I'll get even some day

G Em

I'm the best hammer swinger in this big section gang

C Em

Big Bill Johnson is my name

G Em

I swing this old hammer for a dollar and a half a day

C Em D7

And it's all for my Della Mae

G Em G

Hey hey Della Mae

D G

Why do you treat me this way

Em G

Hey hey Della Mae

D G

I'll get even some day

G Em

Well I've been lots of places and there's lots of things i've done

C Em

And still some things I wanna see

G Em

This hammer that I swing or the woman that I love

C Em D7

one of them's gonna be the death of me

G Em G

Hey hey Della Mae

D G

Why do you treat me this way

Em G

Hey hey Della Mae

D G

I'll get even some day

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