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Nail It Down by The Drones

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Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

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

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

Intro:
Em A

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

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

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

Instrumental:
A Em A Em F#7
A Em A Em F#
A Em A
F#m G (barre) Em A

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

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

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

Instrumental:
A Em A Em F#7
A Em A Em F#
A Em A

Chorus:
F#m             G
   And I'll try anything
   Em               A
Anything I think is good
F#m            G
   And I'll do anything
   Em              A
Anything I think I should

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

Solo:

Verse 3:
    A
Her hair was wet

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

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

Bridge:
A Em A Em F#7
A Em A Em F#
A Em A

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

F#m              G
    And I'll try anything
   Em                     A
Anything that's bought or sold
F#m              G
    And I'll try anything
        Em                        A
Even if something that you cannot hold

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

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

Outro:
F#m G Em A (x4)

Nail It Down Chords Info

Last Updated: September 10, 2025

Chords: E, A, D, G, B, Em, F#m, F#7, F#, Emin