Jack's Mannequin – Hammers And Strings A Lullaby (Guitar)

Riff 1: (play Riff 1 in song when you see G C G, or just play those chords)
    G       C      G
e|-----------------3---|
B|----------1--0---3---|
G|--0--0-2--0----0-0---| then,
D|--0-------2------0---|
A|--2-------3------2---|
E|--3-------0------3---|

Riff 2 (play Riff 2 in song when you see G C Em, or just play those chords)
    G       C      Em
e|-----------------0---|
B|----------1--0-3-0---|
G|--0--0-2--0------0---| then,
D|--0-------2------2---|
A|--2-------3------2---|
E|--3-------0------0---|

 G                  D/F#  Em7      Cadd9          G C Em
These hammers and strings     been following me around

        G           D/F#        Em7            Cadd9     G    C       Em
From a box filled garage to the dark punk rock clubs of 1000 American towns

        G              D/F#
And my friend calls me up,

           Em7         D               G               C
he says, "how have you been?" I say, "dear, I've been well,

            Em7     D          G             D/F#
Yeah, the money's coming but I miss you like hell.

        Em7           D        G C Em
I still hear you in this old piano, oh yeah."

           G         Cadd9       Em7          D
She says, "Andy, I know that we don't talk as much

       G               Cadd9             Em7            D
But I still hear your ghost in these old     punk rock clubs

        G              Cadd9         Em7           D
Come on,   write me a song, give me something to trust

      G           Cadd9       Em7           D             C
Just promise you won't let it be, just the keys that you touch."

                        G                              D
Give me something to believe in, a breath from the breathing

                    Em                              C
So write it down, I don't think that I'll close my eyes

                         G                                D
'Cause lately I'm not dreaming, so what's the point in sleeping?

                   Em                         C
It's just that at night, I've got nowhere to hide

                  G C G           G C Em
So I write you a lullaby,    a lullaby.

 G                  D/F#  Em7       Cadd9          G C Em
These hammers and strings been following me around

        G           D/F#        Em7            Cadd9     G   C   Em
Behind passenger vans through the snow, dirt, and sands

        G              D/F#
Of 1000 American towns.

           Em7         D               G              C
And my friend calls me up with her heart heavy still She says,

           Em7     D          G             D/F#
"Andy, the doctors prescribed me the pills. But I know I'm not crazy.

        Em7           D        G C Em
I just lost my will. So why am I, why am I taking them still?"

                        G                              D
Give me something to believe in, a breath from the breathing

                    Em                              C
So write it down, I don't think that I'll close my eyes

                         G                                D
'Cause lately I'm not dreaming, so what's the point in sleeping?

                   Em                         C
It's just that at night, I've got nowhere to hide

         Em            D       C
To the sleepless, this is my reply:

                       G   Em  C  D       G      Em  C  D
I will write you a lullaby,           a lullaby.

                      G
Give me something to believe in,

                      Em              D            C
So write it down, I don't think that I'll close my eyes

                       G                                C
'Cause lately I'm not dreaming, so what's the point in sleeping?

                  Em                         C
It's just that at night, I've got nowhere to hide

         Em            D       C
To the sleepless, this is my reply:

                    G    C Em D        G    C Em D  (repeat to fade out)
I'll write you a lullaby,         a lullaby,        a lullaby… etc