The Spencer Davis Group - This Hammer

      This Hammer:Spencer Davis Group.
#44 in 1965.

#1.
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.