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