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