C     Am  F  G  C
          C                     Am
Can't you hear the ripple of my big spike hammer
F                    Am
Lord it's busting my side
          C                         Am
I've done all I can do to keep that woman
F                    Am Am/G#  G7
Still she's not satisfied
    C
Hey hey Della Mae why do you treat me this'a way
    C                           G    C
Hey hey Della Mae I'll get even some day
        C                           Am
I'm the best hammer swinger in this big section gang
F                        Am
  Big Bill Johnson is my name
          C                                            Am
Lord this hammer that I swing for a dollar and a half a day
         F                Am Am/G#  G7
And it's all for my Della Mae
    C
Hey hey Della Mae why do you treat me this'a way
    C                           G    C
Hey hey Della Mae I'll get even some day
C      Am
F      Am
C      Am
F      Am  G7
C
         C                                    Am
Now I've been lots of places not much I ain't done
       F                                Am
Theres still a lotta things I'd like to see
               C                                       Am
This big spike hammer that I swing or the woman that I love
     F                           Am Am/G#  G7
yeah one's gonna be the death of me
    C
Hey hey Della Mae why do you treat me this'a way
    C                           G    C  C/B Am
Hey hey Della Mae I'll get even some day
Am                                      G   C
   Big Spike Hammer,   Big Spike Hammer
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