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WorAking on the REailroad for a dollar a day
Working on tAhe Railroad for a dollar a day
					 F#minor		    A  
Working on the Railroad for a dollar a day
				F#Minor -A-					E  A  
Gotta earn my money boy, I gotta earn my pay
Take this hammer - take it to the captain
Take this hammer - take it to the captain
Take this hammer - take it to the captain
Tell him I?m gone, buddy you can tell him I?m gone
(solo)
If he asks you, was I laughing
If he asks you, was I laughing
If he asks you, was I laughing
Tell him I?m fine, buddy you can tell him I?m fine
(solo)
Take this hammer - take it to the captain
Take this hammer - take it to the captain
Take this hammer - take it to the captain
Tell him I?m gone, buddy you can tell him I?m gone
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
(On Spencer Davis? first album... played at a medium Rock & Roll tempo....
 1 - 5 - Minor... verses are similar to a 12 bar ...but with the relative minor instead of the 4.. ...You 
really stretch this one out by taking extra solos ...

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Hammer Song

by The Spencer Davis Group

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Chords in this song · guitar

A E

Working on the Railroad for a dollar a day

F# A

minor

Working on the Railroad for a dollar a day

A E A

F#Minor --

Gotta earn my money boy, I gotta earn my pay

Take this hammer - take it to the captain

Tell him I?m gone, buddy you can tell him I?m gone

(solo)

If he asks you, was I laughing

Tell him I?m fine, buddy you can tell him I?m fine

(solo)

Take this hammer - take it to the captain

Tell him I?m gone, buddy you can tell him I?m gone

=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

(On Spencer Davis? first album... played at a medium Rock & Roll tempo....

1 - 5 - Minor... verses are similar to a 12 bar ...but with the relative minor instead of the 4.. ...You

really stretch this one out by taking extra solos ...

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