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Indigo Girls - Hammer and a Nail

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 {t: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] 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
 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:
 [G] [Ds] [Em7] [C(9)] [G] [Ds] [Csus9] 
 {sot}
 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 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] [C] [Cm] 
 {sot}
 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 --------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
 {eot}
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 [G] [D] [G] [C] [G] 
 {sot}
 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---------------|
 {eot}
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