Verse 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