The Spencer Davis Group - This Hammer

      
 
 E                                      B   
 Working on the railroad for a dollar a day,
                                        E   
 working on the railroad for a dollar a day.
                C#m                     E   
 Working on the railroad for a dollar a day.
               C#m         E       B       E   
 gotta earn my money, boy, I gotta earn my pay.
 
 #2.
 E                                B       
 Take this hammer, take it to the captain,
                                  E       
 take this hammer, take it to the captain.
           C#m                    E       
 Take this hammer, take it to the captain,
              C#m   E              B            E    
 tell him I?m gone, buddy, you can tell him I?m gone.
 
 (INTERLUDE:HARMONICA:)
 
 #3.
 E                     B        
 If he asks you, was I laughing?
                       E        
 If he asks you, was I laughing?
       C#m             E          
 If he asks you, was I laughing..?
              C#m   E              B            E    
 tell him I?m fine, buddy, you can tell him I?m fine.
 
 #4.
 E                                B       
 Take this hammer, take it to the captain,
                                  E       
 take this hammer, take it to the captain.
           C#m                    E       
 Take this hammer, take it to the captain,
              C#m   E              B            E    
 tell him I?m gone, buddy, you can tell him I?m gone.
 
 A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.