This Hammer chords by The Spencer Davis Group

Chords with lyrics

#44 in 1965.

#1.
E MajorE                   BB
Working on the railroad for a dollar a day,
                    E MajorE
working on the railroad for a dollar a day.
        C# minorC#m           E MajorE
Working on the railroad for a dollar a day.
       C# minorC#m     E MajorE    BB    E MajorE
gotta earn my money, boy, I gotta earn my pay.

#2.
E MajorE                BB
Take this hammer, take it to the captain,
                 E MajorE
take this hammer, take it to the captain.
     C# minorC#m          E MajorE
Take this hammer, take it to the captain,
       C# minorC#m  E MajorE       BB      E MajorE
tell him I’m gone, buddy, you can tell him I’m gone.

(INTERLUDE:HARMONICA:)

#3.
E MajorE           BB
If he asks you, was I laughing?
           E MajorE
If he asks you, was I laughing?
   C# minorC#m       E MajorE
If he asks you, was I laughing..?
       C# minorC#m  E MajorE       BB      E MajorE
tell him I’m fine, buddy, you can tell him I’m fine.

#4.
E MajorE                BB
Take this hammer, take it to the captain,
                 E MajorE
take this hammer, take it to the captain.
     C# minorC#m          E MajorE
Take this hammer, take it to the captain,
       C# minorC#m  E MajorE       BB      E MajorE
tell him I’m gone, buddy, you can tell him I’m gone.


A augmentedA sixties smash from Kraziekhat.