Hammer And A Nail

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HAMMER AND A NAIL (Emily Saliers)
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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   
  Clearing webs from a hovel 
C(9)   G            Dsus        
        a blistered hand on the 
Em7         C(9)
handle of a shovel
G           Dsus        Em7     
  I've been digging too deep, I 
Em7    Csus9  Csus9  Csus9  Csus9
always do
G          Dsus        Em7     
  I see my face on the surface;
C(9)   G         Dsus       Em7 
        I look a lot like 
  C(9)
Narcissus
G          Dsus      Em7       
  A dark abyss of an emptiness 
Em7             Csus9     Csus9 
standing on the edge of a 
    Csus9  Csus9
drowning blue

Em9        Em9      C(9)    
  I look behind my ears for the 
      C(9)  Em9    Em9     C(9)  
green,     and even my sweat 
  C(9)/B
smells clean
Am      Am/B      C    A        
  Glare off the white hurts my 
D   D(9)/C   G/B      G/D
eyes             Gotta get out of

 G         D            C(9)  D 
bed, get a hammer and a nail, 
            G   D   C(9)     D
learn how to use my hands; Not just 
my
 G                 D          C(9)
head, I'll think myself into jail;
 C(9)         Am     Am         
 Now I know a refuge never grows
Em7       Em7
  from a chin
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      C        C               
in a hand in a thoughtful pose; 
A      A          C(9)       
Gotta tend the earth if you 
C(9)     C(9)  C(9)
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   
[ending; see below]
   | G      | D      | G   C   | G.



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      
E --------|----------------|------
B --------|3-----3-----3---|3---3-
G ----4---|----4-----4-----|--4---
          C                
E|----------|----------------|------
B|--3=5-3---|1-----0-1---1---|1-----
G|----------|----2-----------|------
  Cm
E|----------| 
B|--1=3-1---| 
G|0---------| 


D 5-------|--5-----4-----4-|3-----
A --------|----------------|------
E --------|----------------|------
  ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ 

A|----------|----------------|------
E|----------|----------------|------
 |. ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ 

A|----------| 
E|----------| 
 |. ^ . ^ .   


  G                D              
E ----------------|---------------
    G       C        G
E|-|----------3-----|3--------------

E|-| 



D 0---0-0=2---2---|0-----0--------
A ----------------|--------------
A ----------------|--------------
  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ 

A|--|----------------|2-------------
A|--|----------------|3-------------
 |.  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ 

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- Adam Schneider, *