Intro
B  E  B  F#/A#  G#m  F#
Verse 1
   B                       E
My Daddy bought five acres high upon a hill
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He went there every evenin’, when he got off at the mill
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He cleared the trees and brush away and leveled out some land
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Then he dug a hole and poured a slab with his own workin’ hands

Verse 2
                            E
He showed me a picture of a big house in a book
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Said when we get it finished son, this is how it's gonna look 
        B                            E
Then he buckled on his tool belt and grabbed a two by six
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Said ya gotta frame a sturdy wall before you ever lay a brick

Chorus
(    Tacet      )B      E                B
He was hammerin’ nails,    in our foun - dation 
             E                F#
Buildin’ our home up good and strong
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Stand the winds of life's temp – ta - tions
                   F#                      B
To build our house well he was a hammerin’ nails

Solo
B  E  B  F#/A#  G#m  F#

Verse 3
          B                             E
We worked with him on the weekends un - til our muscles hurt
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Then momma would come and get us and take us all to church
    B                            E
She read us from the Bible about Noah and the flood 
      B                                  F#                  B
About John and Paul and Jesus and how he washed us in His blood

Chorus
                         E                B
She was hammerin’ nails,    in our foun - dation 
             E                F#
Buildin’ our home up good and strong
          E                      B    F#  G#m
Stand the winds of life's temp – ta - tions
                   F#                       B
To build our house well she was a hammerin’ nails
                                              (S l o w l y)
                     F#                B      F#/A#  B  E  B
Yeah, they raised us well by hammerin’ nails