Hammer And A Nail chords by Indigo Girls

Chords with lyrics

HAMMER AND A augmentedA NAIL (Emily Saliers)
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[Actually in B; capo 4.]
[Each chord is about half a measure, except in the instrumental parts.
 "Ds" is really Dsus4; "Cs9" is Csus9.]
[See the tablature at the end of the file for chord fingerings in the verse.]

G+G Ds E minor 7Em7|Em7 C(9) G+G|G MajorG Ds Cs9|Cs9  | G+G Ds E minor 7Em7|Em7 C(9) G+G|G MajorG Ds Cs9|Cs9 |
[intro; see tab at bottom]

G+G     DsusDsus    E minor 7Em7  C(9)  G+G      DsusDsus    E minor 7Em7     C(9)
 Clearing ..
G+G      DsusDsus    E minor 7Em7   E minor 7Em7  Csus9 Csus9 Csus9 Csus9
 I've ..
G+G     DsusDsus    E minor 7Em7   C(9)  G+G     DsusDsus    E minor 7Em7  C(9)
 I ..
G+G     DsusDsus   E minor 7Em7    E minor 7Em7       Csus9   Csus9   Csus9 Csus9
 A augmentedA ..

Em9Em9    Em9Em9   C(9)     C(9) Em9Em9  Em9Em9   C(9)  C(9)/B
 I look ..
A minorAm   Am/B   C majorC  A augmentedA    D MajorD  D(9)/C  G/BG/B   G/DG/D
 Glare ..

 G+G     D MajorD      C(9) D MajorD       G+G  D MajorD  C(9)   D MajorD
bed,..
 G+G         D MajorD     C(9) C(9)     A minorAm   A minorAm     E minor 7Em7    E minor 7Em7
head, ..
   C majorC    C majorC        A augmentedA   A augmentedA     C(9)    C(9)   C(9) C(9)
in a ..

G+G Ds E minor 7Em7|Em7 C(9) G+G|G MajorG Ds Cs9|Cs9 |
[instrumental, same as intro]

verse

chorus

verse

chorus

G+G G/F# | G/F  | C majorC   | C minorCm   | G+G   | D MajorD   | G+G  C majorC  | G.
[ending; see below]


INTRO:
 G+G     Ds E minor 7Em7     C(9) G+G      Ds Csus9
E MajorE 3---3---x-3---3-|----3---x-3---3-|----3---x-3---3-|----3----------- ||
BB 3---3---x-3---3-|----3---x-3---3-|----3---x-3---3-|----3-----------.||
G+G 0---0---x-2---0-|----0---x-0---0-|----0---x-2---5-|----5----------- ||
D MajorD 0---0---x-0---2-|----2---x-2---0-|----0---x-0---5-|----5-----------.||
A augmentedA 2---2---x-0---2-|----2---x-3---2-|----2---x-0---3-|----3----------- ||
E MajorE 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 Csus9 as x30033.]

ENDING:
      G+G    G/F#   G/F       C majorC        C minorCm
E MajorE --------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
BB --------|3-----3-----3---|3---3---3=5-3---|1-----0-1---1---|1-------1=3-1---|
G+G ----4---|----4-----4-----|--4-------------|----2-----------|------0---------|
D MajorD 5-------|--5-----4-----4-|3-----3---------|2---------------|1---1-----------|
A augmentedA --------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E MajorE --------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
 ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .

 G+G        D MajorD        G+G    C majorC    G+G
E MajorE ----------------|----------------|----------3-----|3---------------|
BB 0-------------0-|----3-----------|------------1---|3---------------|
G+G ----------0-----|--2-----4=2-0=2-|0---------------|0---------------|
D MajorD 0---0-0=2---2---|0-----0---------|----0-0=2-------|0---------------|
A augmentedA ----------------|----------------|----------------|2---------------|
A augmentedA ----------------|----------------|----------------|3---------------|
 ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .


- Adam Schneider, [email protected]