When They Let The Hammer Down chords by Wayne Raney

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Verse 1
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Well,  (C major)  (F major)  (C major)  (G major) 
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 (C major) I just went down
to the square dance callin',
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I thought I'd  (G major) say a  (C major) fight
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But  (F major) I  found out that I was a  (C major) welcome,
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I go back every night  (G major) 
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They  (C major) had the best of a old -time fiddlin'
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and their music had a solid  (G major) sound  (C major) 
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Lord,  (F major) got such a wonderful feel (C major) in'
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When they really let the  (G major) hammer down  (C major) 
I started swayin' to the rhythm
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of the fiddler's  (G major)  (C major) bow
I heard the playin' and the
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 (D major) plunkin' of an old ban (G major) jo
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Well, the  (C major) pretty girls are waitin'
just to pitch a little woo
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 (F major) A  barrel in the kitchen
full of old mountain dew
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Grand (C major) pas are kickin' and
a -stompin' around
While grandmas are givin' him
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an  (G major) awful frown
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 (C major) And you ought to see them,
when they really lift the ham
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 (G major) mer down  (C major)  (F major)  (C major) 
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 (G major)  (C major) 
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 (F major)  (C major) 
I really like to dance in O .K. County
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down in Arkan (G major) sas.
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 (C major) The old  (F major) folk seems to
get much younger
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when the  (C major) band plays the perky
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and the  (G major) straw
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 (C major) Everybody knows that they are welcome
to the old Pat County hoedown
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And Saturday  (F major) night you will
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find me a  (C major) -waitin'
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when they really let the hammer  (G major) down  (C major) 
I started swayin' to the rhythm
of the fiddler's bow
I heard the playin' and the
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 (D major) plunkin' of an old ban (G major) jo
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Well, the  (C major) pretty girls are waitin'
just to pitch a little roo
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 (F major) A  barrel in the kitchen
full of old -mountain goo
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And  (C major) 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  (G major) hammer  (C major) down