HAMMER AND A NAIL (Emily Saliers) --------------------------------- [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.]
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 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 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: DsDs 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----------- || 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.]
