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[Verse 1]
N.C.           E      E               E     E
You, take this hammer, take it to the capt
               B7    B7               E     E
Hey, take this hammer, take it to the capt
          E      A               E     E
Take this hammer, take it to the capt
                     E   B7             E     E
You can tell him I'm gone, tell him I'm gone


[Verse 2]
                          E   E                  E        E
Because I am not going to take no more kicks and whippings
                      B7  B7            E       E
No, I am not going to take no kicks and whipping
                       E  A                                E        E
I am not going to take no more, no more this kicks and his whippings
                     E           B7                         E     B7
You can tell him I'm gone, gone, gone, you can tell him I'm gone


[Verse 3]
        E      E              E     E
Captain call me a hard headed devil
                       B7  B7             E     E
Well, the captain call me   a hard headed devil
                       A   A                E     E
Well, the captain call me,  you hard headed devil
                  E   B7              E     B7
And that isn't my name, that isn't my name


[Verse 4]
                        E       E                    E      E
Well, the Captain got a big gun, about a ninety-nine caliber
                    B7     B7                    E      E
Woah, captain got a big gun, about a ninety-nine caliber
                       A       A                    E      E
Well the captain got a big gun, about a ninety-nine caliber
                        E                       B7                          E     B7
He is going to shoot me down if he ever catches me, he is going to shoot me down


[Verse 5]
                        E   E                      E     E
But you tell him that I went where the great goose goes
                  B7  B7                     E     E
Tell him that I'm gone where the great goose goes
             A   A                      E     E
Tell him I'm gone where the great goose goes
             E                  B7                      E     B7
Tell him I'm gone, tell him I'm gone, just tell him I'm gone


[Outro]
          E      E               E     E
Take this hammer, take it to the capt
          B7     B7              E     E
Take this hammer, take it to the capt
          A      A               E     E
Take this hammer, take it to the capt
(fade out)