Jackhammer Blues (Jackhammer John) chords by Orville Johnson
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Intro 1
(D major) (D minor) (D major) (G major) (D major) (A major) (Asus4)
(A major) (D major) (D minor) (D major) (G major) (D major) (A major) (Asus4)
(D major)
Verse 1
Jackhammer John was a (D major) jackhammer man,
born (G major) with a jackhammer (D major) in his hand.
Lord, Lord, got them jackhammer blues
(Asus4) I (A major) built (D major) your road and your buildings,
too
Now I gotta build me a (G major) dam (D major) or two
Lord, Lord, got them jack (A major) hammer blues (D major)
I was born in Portland town
(D minor) I built every (D major) port from Alaska down
Lord, Lord,
(D minor) got (D major) them jackhammer blues (A major)
I (Asus4) (A major) built (D major) your bridges, dug your mines
(F major) I've (D minor) been in jail about
a thou (G major) sand times, (D major)
Lord, Lord, got them jack (A major) hammer blues. (D major) (D minor) (D major) (G major) (D major)
(A major) (Asus4) (A major) (D major) (D minor) (D major) (G major)
(D major) (A major) (Asus4) (D major)
Jackhammer, Jackhammer,
where you been
Out there chasin' them girls again?
Lord, (A major) Lord, (D major) got them (F major) jackham (D major) mer blues (A major)
It's the (D major) jackhammer man
from a jackhammer town
I can hammer (G major) on my hammer
till the sun (D major) goes down
Lord, Lord, I got them (A major) jackhammer blues (D major)
You know I hammered on a boulder,
hammered on a butte
Columbia River down a five -mile chute
Lord, Lord, got them jackhammer blues (A major)
I'm (D major) working on the Bonneville,
hammered all night
Tryin' to bring the people
some electric light
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Verse 2
Lord, Lord, (D major) got them (A major) jackhammer blues
Interlude 1
(D major) (G major) (D major)
(D minor) (D major) (A major) (Asus4) (G major) (D major) (G major)
(D major) (A major) (Asus4) (D major)
Verse 3
Now, (D major) hammered on the Bonneville,
the Cooley too,
I was almost broke when
the job was through.
Lord, Lord, got them jackhammer blues. (A major)
I hammered (D major) on the river from sun (D minor) to sun,
I saw (D major) a fifteen million salmon (G major) (D major) run.
I said, Lord, Lord,
got them jackhammer (A major) blues. (D major)
Yes, I hammered in the rain,
(D minor) I hammered (D major) in the (D minor) dust,
I hammered (D major) in the best,
and I (G major) hammered in the (D major) worst.
Lord, Lord, got them jackhammer blues
(A major) Got (D major) a jackhammer girl sweet as pie
I'm gonna have that girl till the day I die
Lord, Lord, got them jack (A major) hammer (D major) blues
I said Lord, Lord,
got them jack (A major) hammer (D major) blues you
Jackhammer Blues (Jackhammer John)
Orville Johnson
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