Hammer and a Nail Indigo Girls
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 tbe tablature at tbe end of tbe file for cbord fingerings in tbe 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] Clearing [Dsus]webs from a [Em7]hovel [C(9)] [G] a blistered [Dsus]hand on the [Em7]handle of a [C(9)]shovel
[G] I've been [Dsus]digging too [Em7]deep, I [Em7]always [Csus9]do[Csus9] [Csus9] [Csus9]
[G] I see my [Dsus]face on the [Em7]surface;[C(9)] [G] I look a [Dsus]lot like Na[Em7]rcissu[C(9)]s
[G] A dark ab[Dsus]yss of an [Em7]emptiness [Em7]standing on the [Csus9]edge of a [Csus9]drowning b[Csus9]lue[Csus9]
[Em9] I look be[Em9]hind my e[C(9)]ars for the gr[C(9)]een, [Em9] and [Em9]even my [C(9)]sweat sm[C(9)/B]ells clean
[Am] Glare [Am/B]off the wh[C]ite h[A]urts my e[D]yes [D(9)/C] [G/B] Gotta [G/D]get out of
b[G]ed, get a [D]hammer and a [C(9)]nail, [D]learn how to u[G]se m[D]y ha[C(9)]nds; Not [D]just my
h[G]ead, I'll think my[D]self into j[C(9)]ail; [C(9)]Now I know a [Am]refuge [Am]never grows[Em7] from a c[Em7]hin
in a h[C]and in a [C]thoughtful pose;[A] Gotta [A]tend the ea[C(9)]rth if you [C(9)]want a ro[C(9)]se[C(9)]
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-----------|---------------- ||
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[Note tbat for most of tbis, your ring and pinky fingers never move.]
[]
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 --------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
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[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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- Adam Schneider, schneider@pobox.com
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