---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nine Pound Hammer - John Prine ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Email: Prime-Prine@hotmail.com Tuning: Standard Artist: John Prine Album: Sweet Revenge Year: 1973 Intro: GC7 GDG G This nine pound hammer C7 Is a little too heavy G D Buddy for my size size size G Buddy for my size G So I'm going on the mountain C7 Just to see my baby G D And I ain't coming back G No I ain't coming back Chorus: G Roll on buddy C7 Don't you roll so slow G D Well, tell me how can I roll roll roll G When the wheels won't go G Roll on buddy C7 Pull you load of coal G D Tell me how can I pull G When the wheels won't roll G It's a long way to Harlan C7 It's a long way to Hazard G D Just to get a little brew brew brew G Just to get a little brew G And when I die C7 You can make my tombstone G D Out of number nine coal D Out of number nine coal (Repeat Chorus)