10 of Woody Guthrie's Songs/Jackhammer John

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JACKHAMMER JOHN

Words & Music
⁠W.W. Woody Guthrie

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I'M JACKHAMMER JOHN
A JACKHAMMER MAN
BORN WITH A JACKHAMMER
IN MY HAND
⁠LORD LORD I GOT THEM
⁠JACKHAMMER BLUES
JACKHAMMER MAN
FROM A JACKHAMMER TOWN
⁠BUILT EVERY PORT
⁠FROM THE NORTH POLE DOWN
LORD GOD⁠I GOT THEM
⁠JACKHAMMER BLUES

HAMMERED IN THE RAIN
HAMMERED IN THE DUST
HAMMERED IN THE BEST
AND I HAMMERED IN THE WORST
HAMMERED IN THE EAST
HAMMEREDIIN THE WEST
HAMMERED TO THE ONE
THAT I LIKE BEST
⁠HEY HEY HEY
⁠I GOT THEM JACKHAMMER BLUES

HAMMERED UNDER WATER
HAMMERED UNDER ROCK
HAMMER ON THE RAILROAD
⁠HAMMER ON THE DOCKS
⁠⁠YES YES YES
I GOT THEM JACKHAMMER BLUES
HAMMER IN THE MILL
HAMMER IN THE MINE
HAMMERED OUTTA JAIL A HUNDRED TIME
GREAT GOOD GOD
I GOT THEM
⁠JACKHAMMER BLUES

⁠JACKHAMMER JACKHAMMER
⁠WHERE YOU BEEN
BEEN OUTTA CHASIN THEM
⁠GALS AGAIN
HO HO HO⁠WELL I GOT THEM
⁠JACKHAMMER BLUES
SEE MY WOMAN
⁠WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN
GRAB MY HAMMER
⁠AND GO TO TOWN
YES FOLKS
⁠I GOT THEM JACKHAMMER BLUES

MADE EVERY STATE IN THE
⁠RED WHITE AND BLUE
LOOKING FOR A JACKHAMMER JOB TO DO
⁠RIDE EASY
I GOT THEM
⁠JACKHAMMER BLUES
GOT A JACKHAMMER WOMAN
⁠JUST SWEET AS PIE
⁠⁠GONNA
⁠⁠HAMMER ON THE HAMMER
⁠⁠TILL THE DAY I DIE
LORD GOD HAVE MERCY
⁠⁠I GOT THEM
⁠⁠JACKHAMMER BLUES