Nail It Down chords by The Drones

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

bass part if you want to try and integrate it into your playing:
e|-------------------------|-------------------------|
BB|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G+G|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D MajorD|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E MajorE|9----7------5---3--------|2---0------(x)---0---2---|

(x = E MajorE too low to play with capo on)

Intro:
E minorEm A augmentedA

Verse 1:
A augmentedA
Nail it down, nail it down
                F# minorF#m
Come back home and just nail it down
  A augmentedA
You can't never get nothing up off the ground
                    F# minorF#m
If someone don't come along and nail it down

A augmentedA
He says he knows, he says he knows
                     F# minorF#m
But he's never ever been where his mouth goes
     A augmentedA
Well it's all the same that vicious zeal
                      F# minorF#m
But how does what's false apply to what is real?
             E minorEm
And why's it got to be a mystery?
         A augmentedA
You got to lay it out

   A augmentedA
Like thunderheads creeping down the hill
               F# minorF#m
And pretty soon everyone gets ill
   A augmentedA
But I slip the net, being tall and thin
                 F# minorF#m
And pretty soon the dark turns to dim
          E minorEm
I can see a little clearer now
          A augmentedA
You got to nail it down

Instrumental:
A augmentedA E minorEm A augmentedA E minorEm F#7F#7
A augmentedA E minorEm A augmentedA E minorEm F#F#
A augmentedA E minorEm A augmentedA
F# minorF#m G+G (barre) E minorEm A augmentedA

Verse 2:
A augmentedA
Listen here, listen here
                 F# minorF#m
Tomorrow is the first day of the year
  A augmentedA
So cut the work that can't be done
                            F# minorF#m
You're either cutting all that work or you won't finish none
          Emin
You got to lay your tools out
    A augmentedA
Pick up one

  A augmentedA
All storms still stir behind a big sea wall
                        F# minorF#m
What's the point of something that you can't recall?
     A augmentedA
You gotta give it time, give it time

Or it'll go to rack and ruin
           F# minorF#m
And you'll lose your mind
            E minorEm
You'll either learn to swim then
          A augmentedA
Or you'll be left behind

Instrumental:
A augmentedA E minorEm A augmentedA E minorEm F#7F#7
A augmentedA E minorEm A augmentedA E minorEm F#F#
A augmentedA E minorEm A augmentedA

Chorus:
F# minorF#m       G+G
  And I'll try anything
  E minorEm        A augmentedA
Anything I think is good
F# minorF#m      G+G
  And I'll do anything
  E minorEm       A augmentedA
Anything I think I should

F# minorF#m       G+G
  And I'll try anything
      E minorEm        A augmentedA
If it seems clearer at first light
F# minorF#m       G+G
  And I'll do anything
      E minorEm        A augmentedA
Before it's vanished from my sight

Solo:

Verse 3:
  A augmentedA
Her hair was wet

Her shoes were damp
                            F# minorF#m
And as she travelled on, the weather licked her like a stamp
     A augmentedA
She said "I don't grasp the way you think sometimes
                          F# minorF#m
You're like a star that's died but hasn't lost its shine"
      E minorEm
My head is hollow as she turns to go
    A augmentedA
Nail it down

A augmentedA
Nail it down, nail it down
                   F# minorF#m
You gotta come back home and nail it down
     A augmentedA
Well you can't never get nothing up off the ground
                    F# minorF#m
If someone don't come along and nail it down
     E minorEm
You break one law you break all laws
    A augmentedA
Nail it down

Bridge:
A augmentedA E minorEm A augmentedA E minorEm F#7F#7
A augmentedA E minorEm A augmentedA E minorEm F#F#
A augmentedA E minorEm A augmentedA

Chorus:
F# minorF#m       G+G
  And I'll try anything
  E minorEm       A augmentedA
Anything within a breath
F# minorF#m       G+G
  And I'll do anything
       E minorEm            A augmentedA
You know you would not want to pine to death

F# minorF#m       G+G
  And I'll try anything
  E minorEm           A augmentedA
Anything that's bought or sold
F# minorF#m       G+G
  And I'll try anything
    E minorEm            A augmentedA
Even if something that you cannot hold

F# minorF#m       G+G
  And I'll do anything
     E minorEm       A augmentedA
Said the old man of the sea
F# minorF#m       G+G
  And I'd try anything
       E minorEm         A augmentedA
If you would only get along with me

F# minorF#m        G+G
  And I've been everywhere
       E minorEm      A augmentedA
And I've done everything to do
F# minorF#m       G+G
  But I'd try anything
      E minorEm         A augmentedA
If I could only get along with you

Outro:
F# minorF#m G+G E minorEm A augmentedA (x4)