Hammer And A Nail

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  • [Actually in B; capo 4.]
    [Each chord is about half a measure, except in the instrumental parts.
    "Ds" is really Dsus4; "Cs9" is Csus9.]
  • [See the tablature at the end of the file for chord fingerings in the verse.]
     
    G Ds Em7|Em7 C(9) G|G Ds Cs9|Cs9 | G Ds Em7|Em7 C(9) G|G Ds Cs9|Cs9 |
  • [intro; see tab at bottom]
     
    G Dsus Em7 C(9) G Dsus Em7 C(9)
  • Clearing webs from a hovel a blistered hand on the handle of a shovel
    G Dsus Em7 Em7 Csus9 Csus9 Csus9 Csus9
    I've been digging too deep, I always do
  • G Dsus Em7 C(9) G Dsus Em7 C(9)
    I see my face on the surface; I look a lot like Narcissus
    G Dsus Em7 Em7 Csus9 Csus9 Csus9 Csus9
  • A dark abyss of an emptiness standing on the edge of a drowning blue
     
    Em9 Em9 C(9) C(9) Em9 Em9 C(9) C(9)/B
  • I look behind my ears for the green, and even my sweat smells clean
    Am Am/B C A D D(9)/C G/B G/D
    Glare off the white hurts my eyes Gotta get out of
  •  
    G D C(9) D G D C(9) D
    bed, get a hammer and a nail, learn how to use my hands; Not just my
  • G D C(9) C(9) Am Am Em7 Em7
    head, I'll think myself into jail; Now I know a refuge never grows from a chin
    C C A A C(9) C(9) C(9) C(9)
  • in a hand in a thoughtful pose; Gotta tend the earth if you want a rose
     
    G Ds Em7|Em7 C(9) G|G Ds Cs9|Cs9 |
  • [instrumental, same as intro]
     
    I had a lot of good intentions; sit around for fifty years and then
  • collect a pension
    Started seeing the road to hell and just where it starts
    But my life is more than a vision; the sweetest part is acting after
  • making a decision
    I started seeing the whole as a sum of its parts
     
  • I look behind my ears for the green, and even my sweat smells clean
    Glare off the white hurts my eyes
    Gotta get out of bed, get a hammer and a nail, learn how to use my hands
  • Not just my head, I'll think myself into jail; now I know a refuge never grows
    From a chin in a hand in a thoughtful pose
    Gotta tend the earth if you want a rose
  •  
    My life is part of the global life; I'd found myself becoming more immobile
    When I'd think a little girl in the world can't do anything
  • A distant nation my community, a street person my responsibility
    If I have a care in the world I have a gift to bring
     
  • I look behind my ears for the green, and even my sweat smells clean
    Glare off the white hurts my eyes
    Gotta get out of bed, get a hammer and a nail, learn how to use my hands
  • Not just my head, I'll think myself into jail; now I know a refuge never grows
    From a chin in a hand in a thoughtful pose
    Gotta tend the earth if you want a rose
  •  
    G G/F# | G/F | C | Cm | G | D | G C | G.
    [ending; see below]
  •  
    INTRO:
    G Ds Em7 C(9) G Ds Csus9
  • E 3---3---x-3---3-|----3---x-3---3-|----3---x-3---3-|----3----------- ||
    B 3---3---x-3---3-|----3---x-3---3-|----3---x-3---3-|----3-----------.||
    G 0---0---x-2---0-|----0---x-0---0-|----0---x-2---5-|----5----------- ||
  • D 0---0---x-0---2-|----2---x-2---0-|----0---x-0---5-|----5-----------.||
    A 2---2---x-0---2-|----2---x-3---2-|----2---x-0---3-|----3----------- ||
    E 3---3---------0-|----0---------3-|----3-----------|---------------- ||
  • ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
    [Note that for most of this, your ring and pinky fingers never move.]
    [If you don't like barre chords, play Csus9 as x30033.]
  •  
    ENDING:
    G G/F# G/F C Cm
  • E --------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
    B --------|3-----3-----3---|3---3---3=5-3---|1-----0-1---1---|1-------1=3-1---|
    G ----4---|----4-----4-----|--4-------------|----2-----------|------0---------|
  • D 5-------|--5-----4-----4-|3-----3---------|2---------------|1---1-----------|
    A --------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
    E --------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
  • ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
     
    G D G C G
  • E ----------------|----------------|----------3-----|3---------------|
    B 0-------------0-|----3-----------|------------1---|3---------------|
    G ----------0-----|--2-----4=2-0=2-|0---------------|0---------------|
  • D 0---0-0=2---2---|0-----0---------|----0-0=2-------|0---------------|
    A ----------------|----------------|----------------|2---------------|
    A ----------------|----------------|----------------|3---------------|
  • ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
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