Chords for If I Had A Hammer

_ _ Somebody was paying attention.
_ I watched it on the TV.
Machine guns.
_ [F#] _
Fire [A#] towards the ground.
I watched the people run. _
_ [C#m] _ [B] Helicopter gunship. _ _
Strafing the street.
_ [F#] I watched them lining [G#m] up the bodies.
In the [C#] Baghdad heat.
_ They say these leaks [F#] had consequences.
_ And I must agree. _ _
When I saw them fire [D#m] on the children.
It affected me.
_ _ [F#] I thought what [B] if I were wearing _ the other shoe.
_ _ [F#] If [G#m] I had a hammer.
_ What [C#] would I do? _
_ I am [F#] just a person.
_ Like anyone.
_ _ _ I am just [D#m] another _ _ _ mother's son.
_ [F#] I have [B] no special powers.
_ I cannot fly. _
[G#] Not like that [G#m] helicopter gunship.
Up [C#] in the sky.
_ _ Sending [F#] all those bullets.
_ _ All around.
_ To the [B] journalists and [A#] children.
_ _ On the ground. _
[G#] _ I am [B] just one man.
_ That's very true.
_ _ [F#] But if I had [G#m] a hammer. _
_ What would [C#] I do? _ _ _
[F#] _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
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[F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G#m] _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _
[C#m] _ Sometimes I [F#] try to wonder.
_ Why should I care?
But then the answer [A#] seems so obvious.
There are people down there.
_ _ [F#] And right [B] here in Queensland.
_ There's an army base. _
[F#] And there's a helicopter [G#m] gunship.
_ _ Just [C#] sitting in place.
_ [G#m] _ [C#] There's a time for watching. _
There's a time to act.
_ [F#] It's just gonna [D#m] kill more children.
_ If it remains intact. _
[C#] _ I [B] am just one person.
_ But you are too.
_ [F#] I am just another mother's son.
If you [G#m] had a hammer.
_ What would [C#] you do? _ _
If you [G#m] had a hammer.
_ _ What would [C#m] you do? _
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