Big Spike Hammer chords by
Doc Watson
Doc Watson

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Key: G major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Can you here
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the ripple of my big spike ham mer
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Lord, it's busting my side
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I work every day to try to
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please that wo man
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and, Lord, she's never satisfied
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Hey, hey, Della Mae
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why do you treat me this way?
Della Mae, oh Della Mae
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I'll get even some day
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Verse 2
I'm the best hammer swinger
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in this whole section gang
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Big Bill Johnson is my name
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I swing this old hammer for a
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dollar and a half a day
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and it's all for my Della Mae
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Hey, hey, Della Mae
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why do you treat me this way?
Della Mae, oh Della Mae
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I'll get even some day
Interlude 1
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Verse 3
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I've been lots of places and there's
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lots of things I've done
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and still some things I wanna see
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This hammer that I swing for
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the woman that I love
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one of them's gonna
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be the death of me
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Hey, hey, Della Mae
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why do you treat me this way?
Della Mae, oh Della Mae
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I'll get even some day

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