Big Spike Hammer Chords
by Doc Watson
Big Spike Hammer by Doc Watson is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, Em, C, D7 and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
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