Sam Cooke – If I Had A Hammer The Hammer Song (Guitar Live)

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From the album "Sam Cooke at the Copa" It is originally a protest song written by Pete Seeger and Lee Hays. [Intro] G Bm C D x5 G Bm C [Verse]
D               G                             Em
     If I had a hammer    I'd hammer in the morning

               G                        D
hammer in the evening     all over this land
[Chorus]
                G                      Em
I'd hammer out danger     hammer out a warning

                C       G       C               G
I'd hammer out love between my brothers and my sisters

 C      D                 G
AAAAA-aaaaaall over this land

           G                           Em
If I had a bell      I'd tinkle in the morning

               G                            D
tinkle in the evening time    all over this land
[Chorus]
                     G                      Em
I'd tinkle out that danger     tinkle out a warning

                C       G       C               G
I'd tinkle out love between my brothers and my sisters

 C      D                 G
AAAAA-aaaaaall over this land

           G                            Em
If I had a song      I'd sing it in the morning, yeah

               G                       D
sing in the evening     all over this land
[Chorus]
                   G                      Em
And I'd sing out danger     tinkle out a warning

              C       G       C               G
I'd sing out love between my brothers and my sisters

 C      D                 G
AAAAA-aaaaaall over this land

  G     Em
yeah, oh yeah

  G     Em
yeah, oh yeah

 G     Em
yeah, yeah
[Verse]
           G                             Em
If I had a hammer    I'd hammer in the morning

               G                        D
hammer in the evening     all over this land,  look what I do
[Chorus]
                G                      Em
I'd hammer out danger     hammer out a warning yeah

                C       G       C               G
I'd hammer out love between my brothers and my sisters

 C      D                 G
AAAAA-aaaaaall over this land
[Verse]
               G                        Em
look, I got a hammer       and I got a bell yeah

               G                           D
and I got a song to sing    all over this land, let met tell you what it is
[Chorus]
                    G                     Em
it's the hammer of justice     a bell of freedom yeah

                   C        G      C               G
it's a song about love between my brothers and my sisters

 C      D                 G
AAAAA-aaaaaall over this land

 G                       Em
yeah, Lord have mercy   yeah,

  G    Em
yeah, yeah  (yeah)
The rest of the song is just this interlude G and Em and a couple more Verse/Chorus but with the audience