When They Let The Hammer Down chords by Wayne Raney

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Well,
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I just went down
to the square dance callin',
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I thought I'd say a fight
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But I  found out that I was a welcome,
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I go back every night
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They had the best of a old -time fiddlin'
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and their music had a solid sound
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Lord, got such a wonderful feelin'
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When they really let the hammer down
I started swayin' to the rhythm
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of the fiddler's bow
I heard the playin' and the
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plunkin' of an old banjo
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Well, the pretty girls are waitin'
just to pitch a little woo
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A  barrel in the kitchen
full of old mountain dew
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Grandpas are kickin' and
a -stompin' around
While grandmas are givin' him
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an awful frown
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And you ought to see them,
when they really lift the ham
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mer down
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I really like to dance in O .K. County
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down in Arkansas.
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The old folk seems to
get much younger
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when the band plays the perky
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and the straw
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Everybody knows that they are welcome
to the old Pat County hoedown
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And Saturday night you will
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find me a -waitin'
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when they really let the hammer down
I started swayin' to the rhythm
of the fiddler's bow
I heard the playin' and the
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plunkin' of an old banjo
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Well, the pretty girls are waitin'
just to pitch a little roo
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A  barrel in the kitchen
full of old -mountain goo
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And grandpas are kickin' and
a -stompin' around
While grandmas are givin' him
an awful frown
Y 'all deceivin' when they
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really let the hammer down