C         F             C 
Little to heavy  for my size 

G7           C 
Honey for my size 

                                  F 
Well roll on buddy with a load of coal 
  
             C         G7                         C 
Well how you roll roll roll when the wheels won't go 

  
                                   F 
Nine pound hammer done killed John Henry 

                    C               G7              C 
It ain't gonna kill me no sir-ee it ain't gonna kill me 

                              F 
Roll on buddy  pull a load of coal 

            C         G7                        C 
How can you roll roll roll when the wheels won't go 

  
  
Well I'm going on that mountain  

               F 
I gonna see my baby 

                   C 
And I ain't coming back 

   G7                          C 
No sir-ee I ain't never coming back 

  
  
And when I'm long gone 

                F 
You can make my tombstone  

                   C 
Out of number nine coal boy boy 

G7            C 
A-number nine coal 

  
                                  F 
Well roll on buddy with a load of coal  

             C         G7                         C 
Well how you roll roll roll when the wheels won't go