Big Spike Hammer

	  		
Verse 
          G                               Em 
Can't you hear the ripple of my big spike hammer 
C                    Em 
Lord it's busting my side 
          G                         Em 
I've done all I can do to keep that woman 
C                    Em    D7 
Still she's never satisfied 

    G   Em   G 
Hey hey Della Mae 
           D             G 
Why do you treat me this way 
        Em    G 
Hey hey Della Mae 
         D         G 
I'll get even some day 

        G                                       Em 
I'm the best hammer swinger in this big section gang 
C                      Em 
Big Bill Johnson is my name 
  G                                              Em 
I swing this old hammer for a dollar and a half a day 
         C       Em   D7 
And it's all for my Della Mae 

    G   Em   G 
Hey hey Della Mae 
           D             G 
Why do you treat me this way 
        Em    G 
Hey hey Della Mae 
         D         G 
I'll get even some day 

G                                                             Em 
Well I've been lots of places and there's lots of things i've done 
    C                         Em 
And still some things I wanna see 
     G                                       Em 
This hammer that I swing or the woman that I love 
C                                   Em   D7 
one of them's gonna be the death of me 

    G   Em   G 
Hey hey Della Mae 
           D             G 
Why do you treat me this way 
        Em    G 
Hey hey Della Mae 
         D         G 
I'll get even some day