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

#1.
E5                                      B5
Working on the railroad for a dollar a day,
                                       E5
working on the railroad for a dollar a day.
               C#5                     E5
Working on the railroad for a dollar a day.
              C#5         E5       B5       E5
gotta earn my money, boy, I gotta earn my pay.

#2.
E5                                B5
Take this hammer, take it to the captain,
                                 E5
take this hammer, take it to the captain.
          C#5                    E5
Take this hammer, take it to the captain,
             C#5   E5              B5            E5
tell him I?m gone, buddy, you can tell him I?m gone.

(INTERLUDE:HARMONICA:)

#3.
E5                     B5
If he asks you, was I laughing?
                      E5
If he asks you, was I laughing?
      C#5             E5
If he asks you, was I laughing..?
             C#5   E5              B5            E5
tell him I?m fine, buddy, you can tell him I?m fine.

#4.
E5                                B5
Take this hammer, take it to the captain,
                                 E5
take this hammer, take it to the captain.
          C#5                    E5
Take this hammer, take it to the captain,
             C#5   E5              B5            E5
tell him I?m gone, buddy, you can tell him I?m gone.


A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
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