Big Spike Hammer chords by Doc Watson

Chords with lyrics

Verse:
     G+G                E minorEm
Can't you hear the ripple of my big spike hammer
C majorC          E minorEm
Lord it's busting my side
     G+G             E minorEm
I've done all I can do to keep that woman
C majorC          E minorEm  D7D7
Still she's never satisfied

  G+G  E minorEm  G+G
Hey hey Della Mae
      D MajorD       G+G
Why do you treat me this way
    E minorEm  G+G
Hey hey Della Mae
     D MajorD     G+G
I'll get even some day

    G+G                    E minorEm
I'm the best hammer swinger in this big section gang
C majorC           E minorEm
Big Bill Johnson is my name
 G+G                       E minorEm
I swing this old hammer for a dollar and a half a day
     C majorC    E minorEm  D7D7
And it's all for my Della Mae

  G+G  E minorEm  G+G
Hey hey Della Mae
      D MajorD       G+G
Why do you treat me this way
    E minorEm  G+G
Hey hey Della Mae
     D MajorD     G+G
I'll get even some day

G+G                               E minorEm
Well I've been lots of places and there's lots of things i've done
  C majorC             E minorEm
And still some things I wanna see
   G+G                    E minorEm
This hammer that I swing or the woman that I love
C majorC                  E minorEm  D7D7
one of them's gonna be the death of me

  G+G  E minorEm  G+G
Hey hey Della Mae
      D MajorD       G+G
Why do you treat me this way
    E minorEm  G+G
Hey hey Della Mae
     D MajorD     G+G