Take This Hammer chords by Traditional

SONG: Take This Hammer
ARTIST: Traditional, first collected by John % Adam Lomax


This song, with 4 or 5 others, are known as Hammer Songs: prison, logging, and railroad work songs.
The lyrics may vary depending on the band. It first was mentioned in writing in 1915.


G
Take this hammer
        D
carry it to my captain

Take this hammer
        G
carry it to my captain

Take this hammer
        C
carry it to my captain
       G
Tell him I'm gone
  D           G
Oh Lord, you tell him I'm gone

G
If he asks you
   D
was I running

If he asks you
   G
was I running

If he asks you
   C
was I running
        G
Tell him I was flying
  D            G
Oh Lord, you tell him I was flying

G
Take this hammer
        D
carry it to my captain

Take this hammer
        G
carry it to my captain

Take this hammer
        C
carry it to my captain
       G
Tell him I'm gone
  D           G
Oh Lord, you tell him I'm gone

G
If he asks you
   D
was I laughing

If he asks you
   G
was I laughing

If he asks you
   C
was I laughing
          G
You tell him I was crying
D              G
Oh Lord, you tell him I was crying

G
Take this hammer
        D
carry it to my captain

Take this hammer
        G
carry it to my captain

Take this hammer
        C
carry it to my captain
       G
Tell him I'm gone
  D           G
Oh Lord, you tell him I'm gone

G
I don't want your
        D
cornbread 'n' molasses

I don't want your
        G
cornbread and molasses

I don't want your
        C
cornbread and molasses
       G
It hurts my pride
  D         G
Oh Lord, it hurts my pride

G
Take this hammer
        D
carry it to my captain

Take this hammer
        G
carry it to my captain

Take this hammer
        C
carry it to my captain
       G
Tell him I'm gone
  D           G
Oh Lord, you tell him I'm gone