Hammerin Nails

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

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

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

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

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

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