Take This Hammer  4/4

                   I                                          V

Take this hammer, carry it to the Captain.

                   V-7th                                    I

Take this hammer, carry it to the Captain.

                        I-7th                               IV

Take this hammer, carry it to the Captain.

                        I      V-7th                                 I

Tell him I’m gone,    you can tell him I’m gone.

If he asks you was I runnin’. (3 x)

Tell him I was flyin’, you can tell him I was flyin’.

If he asks you was I laughin’ .(3 x)

Tell him I was cryin, you can tell him I was cryin’.

Hand Me Down My Walking Cane  4/4

                   I      

Hand me down my walking cane.

                   V-7th                        I         I-7th

Hand me down my walking cane.

                   IV

Hand me down my walking cane

                    I

I’m gonna catch that midnight train,

            V-7th                        I

All my sins are taken away.

Oh I got drunk and landed in jail. (3 x)

And there wasn’t no one to go my bail.

All my sins are taken away.

Oh the devil chased me ‘round the stump. (3 x)

I thought he’d catch me at every jump.

All my sins are taken away.

Oh, Hell is deep and Hell is wide. (3 x)

Ain’t got no bottom, ain’t got no side.

All my sins are taken away.

Lonesome Road Blues  4/4

       I                                                    I-7th

I’m goin’ down this road feelin’ bad.

       IV                                                I

I’m goin’ down this road feelin’ bad.

       IV                                                I

I’m goin’ down this road feelin’ bad.

                                 V

Lord, Lord,. And I ain’t gonna be

V-7th                  I

Treated this a-way.

These two dollar shoes hurt my feet. (3 x)

And I ain’t gonna be treated this a-way.

They feed me on cornbread and beans. (3 x)

And I ain’t gonna be treated this a-way.

I’m goin’ where the climate suits my clothes. (3 x)

And I ain’t gonna be treated this a-way.

I’m goin’ where the water tastes like wine. (3 x)

And I ain’t gonna be treated this a-way.

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Fair and Tender Ladies  4/4

                        I

Come all ye fair and tender ladies

                                                                  V

Take warning how you court young men

                           IIm             V

They’re like a star on a Summer’s

I                                           IIm

morning. First they’ll appear

 V                              I

And then they’re gone.

They’ll tell you some lovin’ story

And they’ll make you think they love you well.

And away they’ll go to court some other.

And leave you there in grief to dwell.

I wish I was on some tall mountain.

Where the ivy rocks are black as ink.

I’d write a letter to my false true lover

Whose cheeks are like the morning peak.

Oh love is handsome, love is charming.

And love is pretty while its new.

But love grows cold as love grows old.

And fades away like the morning dew.

The Cuckoo  4/4

Oh the cuckoo, she’s a pretty bird

IV                                  V

She wobbles as she flies.

                 I                   VIm

But, she never says cuckoo     

                IV                     V

‘Till the fourth day of July.

Gonna build me a log cabin,

Up on the mountain high.

So I can see my pretty babe

As she goes passing by.

Jack of diamonds, Jack of diamonds

I have known you from old.

You have robbed me of my silver

You have robbed me of my gold.

Banks of the Ohio  4/4

                      I                       V

I asked my love to take a walk,

            V-7th                    I

Just a little walk with me

                     I-7th                          IV

And as we walk, Oh, may we talk

           I              V-7th         I

All about our wedding day.

(chorus)

I                                          V

Only say that you’ll be mine

            V-7th                         I

In our home we’ll happy be.

                           I-7th                        IV

Down beside where the waters flow.

                         I                     V-7th     I

Down by the banks of the Ohi  -    o.

I took her by her lilly white hand.

And I took her down where the river stands,

There I threw her in to drown.

And I watched her as she floated down.

Returning home between twelve and one

Thinking of the crime I’d done,

I killed the girl I love you see

Because she would not marry me.

The very next day about half past four

The sheriff’s men knocked at my door.

They said young man come now and go

Down to the banks of the Ohio.