Indigo Girls – Hammer And A Nail (Guitar)

Capo 4
Key
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Chords

--------------------------------- Each chord is about half a measure, except in the instrumental parts. See the tablature at the end of the file for chord fingerings in the verse. [Intro; see tab at bottom] | G Dsus4 Em7 | Em7 Cadd9 G | G Dsus4 Csus2 | Csus2 | x2
G          Dsus4       Em7   Cadd9  G            Dsus4       Em7         Cadd9
  Clearing webs from a hovel         a blistered hand on the handle of a shovel

G           Dsus4       Em7     Em7    Csus2  Csus2  Csus2  Csus2
  I've been digging too deep, I always do

G          Dsus4       Em7     Cadd9  G         Dsus4      Em7   Cadd9
  I see my face on the surface;        I look a lot like Narcissus

G          Dsus4     Em7       Em7             Csus2     Csus2     Csus2  Csus2
  A dark abyss of an emptiness standing on the edge of a drowning blue

Em9        Em9      Cadd9         Cadd9 Em9    Em9     Cadd9   Cadd9/B
  I look behind my ears for the green,     and even my sweat smells clean

Am      Am/B      C    A        D   Dsus2/C  G/B      G/D
  Glare off the white hurts my eyes             Gotta get out of

 G         D            Cadd9 D             G   D   Cadd9    D
bed, get a hammer and a nail, learn how to use my hands; Not just my

 G                 D          Cadd9 Cadd9        Am     Am         Em7      Em7
head, I'll think myself into jail;  Now I know a refuge never grows from a chin

      C        C               A      A          Cadd9      Cadd9    Cadd9 Cadd9
in a hand in a thoughtful pose; Gotta tend the earth if you want a rose
[Instrumental, same as intro] | G Dsus4 Em7 | Em7 Cadd9 G | G Dsus4 Csus2 | Csus2 |
G          Dsus4       Em7   Cadd9  G            Dsus        Em7         Cadd9
I had a lot of good intentions; sit around for fifty years and then collect a pension

G           Dsus4       Em7     Em7    Csus2  Csus2  Csus2  Csus2
Started seeing the road to hell and just where it starts

G          Dsus4       Em7     Cadd9  G         Dsus       Em7   Cadd9
But my life is more than a vision; the sweetest part is acting after making a decision

G          Dsus4     Em7       Em7             Csus2     Csus2     Csus2  Csus2
I started seeing the whole as a sum of its parts

Em9        Em9      Cadd9         Cadd9 Em9    Em9     Cadd9   Cadd9/B
  I look behind my ears for the green,     and even my sweat smells clean

Am      Am/B      C    A        D   Dsus2/C  G/B      G/D
  Glare off the white hurts my eyes             Gotta get out of

 G         D            Cadd9 D             G   D   Cadd9    D
bed, get a hammer and a nail, learn how to use my hands; Not just my

 G                 D          Cadd9 Cadd9        Am     Am         Em7      Em7
head, I'll think myself into jail;  Now I know a refuge never grows from a chin

      C        C               A      A          Cadd9      Cadd9    Cadd9 Cadd9
in a hand in a thoughtful pose; Gotta tend the earth if you want a rose

G          Dsus4       Em7   Cadd9  G            Dsus4       Em7         Cadd9
My life is part of the global life; I'd found myself becoming more immobile

G           Dsus4       Em7     Em7    Csus2  Csus2  Csus2  Csus2
When I'd think a little girl in the world can't do anything

G          Dsus4       Em7     Cadd9  G         Dsus4      Em7   Cadd9
A distant nation my community, a street person my responsibility

G          Dsus4     Em7       Em7             Csus2     Csus2     Csus2  Csus2
If I have a care in the world I have a gift to bring

Em9        Em9      Cadd9         Cadd9 Em9    Em9     Cadd9   Cadd9/B
  I look behind my ears for the green,     and even my sweat smells clean

Am      Am/B      C    A        D   Dsus2/C  G/B      G/D
  Glare off the white hurts my eyes             Gotta get out of

 G         D            Cadd9 D             G   D   Cadd9    D
bed, get a hammer and a nail, learn how to use my hands; Not just my

 G                 D          Cadd9 Cadd9        Am     Am         Em7      Em7
head, I'll think myself into jail;  Now I know a refuge never grows from a chin

      C        C               A      A          Cadd9      Cadd9    Cadd9 Cadd9
in a hand in a thoughtful pose; Gotta tend the earth if you want a rose
[Ending; see below] | G G/F# | G/F | C | Cm | G | D | G C | G
INTRO:
   G       Dsus4 Em7        Cadd9 G          Dsus4 Csus2
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 Csus2 as x30033.

ENDING:
            G       G/F#     G/F              C                Cm
e|---------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|---------|3-----3-----3---|3---3---3h5-3---|1-----0-1---1---|1-------1h3-1---|
G|-----4---|----4-----4-----|--4-------------|----2-----------|------0---------|
D|-5-------|--5-----4-----4-|3-----3---------|2---------------|1---1-----------|
A|---------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|---------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
   ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .

   G                D                G       C        G
e|-----------------|----------------|----------3-----|3---------------|
B|-0-------------0-|----3-----------|------------1---|3---------------|
G|-----------0-----|--2-----4p2-0h2-|0---------------|0---------------|
D|-0---0-0h2---2---|0-----0---------|----0-0h2-------|0---------------|
A|-----------------|----------------|----------------|2---------------|
E|-----------------|----------------|----------------|3---------------|
   ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
- Adam Schneider, [email protected] ************************************ | x Dead note | h Hammer on | p Pull off ************************************