Jackhammer John - Woody Guthrie

Jackhammer John was a jackhammer man

Born with a jackhammer in his hand

Lord, Lord And he had them jackhammer blues

I got them jackhammer blues

I built your roads and buildings too

And I’m gonna build a damn or two

Lord, Lord, well I had them jackhammer blues

I got them jackhammer blues

I was borned in Portland town

Built every port from Alasky down

Lord, Lord, well I got them jackhammer blues

I got them jackhammer blues

Built your bridges, dug your mines

Been in jail a thousand times

Lord, Lord, well I got them jackhammer blues

I got them jackhammer blues

Jackhammer, jackhammer, where ya been?

Been out a-chasin' them gals again

Lord, Lord, well I got them jackhammer blues

I got them jackhammer blues

Jackhammer man from a jackhammer town

I can hammer till the sun goes down

Lord, Lord, well I got them jackhammer blues

I got them jackhammer blues

I hammered on the boulder, hammered on the butte

Columbia River on a five-mile chute

Lord, Lord, well I got them jackhammer blues

I got them jackhammer blues

Workin' on the Bonneville, hammered all night

A-tryin' to bring the people some electric light

Lord, Lord, well I got them jackhammer blues

I got them jackhammer blues

I hammered on Bonneville, Coulee too

Always broke when my job was through

Lord, Lord, well I got them jackhammer blues

I got them jackhammer blues

I hammered on the river from sun to sun

Fifteen million salmon run

Lord, Lord, well I got them jackhammer blues

I got them jackhammer blues

I hammered in the rain, I hammered in the dust

I hammered in the best and I hammered in the worst

Lord, Lord, well I got them jackhammer blues

I got them jackhammer blues

I got a jackhammer gal just as sweet as pie

And I’m a-gonna hammer till the day I die

Lord, Lord, well I got them jackhammer blues

I got them jackhammer blues