Tabs

Apr 11, 2016
Take This Hammer by Harry Manx
American folklore song sung by convicts, miners, loggers, railroad crews and chain gangs. A similar song is called "Nine Pound Hammer".
Tab: in word document format
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Tabbed by: Mike Nachaj :: mike@mikemusicbox.com

Song: Take This Hammer
By:   Harry Manx

[intro:]  {same as verse chords} 
          F C F    Dm C F   Dm  C  F 

[verse: 1]
                F         
Working on a railroad, dollar a day 
                C                 F
Working on a railroad, dollar a day 
              Dm  C              F
Working on a railroad, dollar a day 
        Dm   C              F
Get my money, gonna get my pay 

[verse: 2]
            F   
Take this hammer, take it to the captain 
            C                         F
Take this hammer, oh take it to the captain
            Dm C                      F
Take this hammer, oh take it to the captain 
              Dm C           F
Tell him I'm gone, yeah I'm gone
              Dm C           F

[verse: 3]
            F 
If he asks you yeah was I runnin' 
               C               F
Oh if he asks you yeah was I runnin' 
       Dm C                 F
If he asks you yeah was I runnin' 
                Dm C                F 
Tell him I was flyin' lord I wanna fly

[verse: 4]
                F         
Working on a railroad, dollar a day 
                C                    F
Working on a railroad, oh dollar a day 
              Dm  C              F
Working on a railroad, dollar a day 
        Dm   C              F
Get my money, gonna get my pay 

[solo: banjo]  {over verse chords}
               F C F    Dm C F   Dm  C  F 

[verse: 5]
            F 
If he asks you yeah was I laughin' 
               C                F
Oh if he asks you yeah was I laughin' 
       Dm  C                  F
If he asks you yeah was I laughin' 
               Dm C                      F
Tell him I was cryin' lord yeah I wanna cry 

[verse: 6]
                F         
Working on a railroad, dollar a day 
                C                 F
Working on a railroad, dollar a day 
              Dm  C              F
Working on a railroad, dollar a day 
        Dm   C               F
Get my money, gonna get my pay 

[coda:]
        Dm   C               F
Get my money, gonna get my pay 
        Dm   C {let ring}               Bb          F
Get my money,             gonna get my pay oh wo ho ho 


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