Song: Nine Pound Hammer
Artist: Jim and Jesse 
Album: Time Life's Treasury of Bluegrass 

Capo 2 Fret


[Verse 1]
              
Well this nine

             
 pound hammer.

              
 it?s a little

     
 too heavy,
            
Yes for my siz

              
e, buddy for m

  
y size.

[Chorus]
             
Well roll on b

              
uddy, Don?t yo

          
u roll so slow

,
            
How can I roll

              
, when my whee

         
ls won?t roll?

[Verse 2]
              
I went up into

             
 the mountain 

              
just to see my

 
 honey,
              
And I ain?t co

            
ming back, Lor

              
d I ain?t comi

   
ng back.

[Chorus]
             
Well roll on b

              
uddy, Don?t yo

          
u roll so slow

,
            
How can I roll

              
, when my whee

         
ls won?t roll?

[Verse 3]
              
It?s a long wa

             
y to Harlen, a

              
nd a long way 

   
to Hazard,
              
Just to get a 

            
little brew, j

              
ust to get a l

      
ittle brew.

[Chorus]
             
Well roll on b

              
uddy, Don?t yo

          
u roll so slow

,
            
How can I roll

              
, when my whee

         
ls won?t roll?

[Verse 4]
              
Well an eight 

             
pound hammer t

              
hat?s in this 


tunnel,
              
Got a ring lik

            
e mine, got a 

          
ring like mine

.

[Chorus]
             
Well roll on b

              
uddy, Don?t yo

          
u roll so slow

,
            
How can I roll

              
, when my whee

         
ls won?t roll?

              
I?m going down

             
 the mountain,

              
 now to see my

 
 baby,
              
And I ain?t co

            
ming back, No,

              
 I ain?t comin

  
g back.

             
Well roll on b

              
uddy, Roll a l

       
oad of coal,
            
How can I pull

              
, when my whee

         
ls won?t roll?

              
Well the nine 

             
pound hammer, 

              
it?s a little 

    
too heavy,
            
Yes for my siz

              
e, honey for m

  
y size.

[Chorus]
             
Well roll on b

              
uddy, Don?t yo

          
u roll so slow

,
            
How can I roll

              
, when my whee

         
ls won?t roll?