Chords for Joey+Rory - Hammerin’ Nails (Live)
Tempo:
76.825 bpm
Chords used:
B
F#
E
G#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[F#] My [B] daddy bought five [E] acres high upon a hill.
[B] He went there every [F#] evening when he got off at the mill.
[B] He cleared the trees and brush [E] away and leveled out some land.
[B] Then he dug a hole and poured a [F#] slab with his own [B] working hand.
Then he showed me a picture of a [E] big house in a book.
[B] And said when we get our finished [F#] son, this is how she's gonna look.
Then he [B] buckled on his tool belt [E] and grabbed a two by six.
[B] And said you gotta frame a sturdy [F#] wall before you ever [B] lay a brick.
He was hammering [E] nails in [B] our foundation.
[E] Building our home up [F#] good and strong.
[E] Staying the winds of [B] life's [F#] [G#m] temptations.
To build our house [F#] well, he was a [B] hammering nail.
[E] [B] [F#] [G#m] [F#]
We worked [B] with him on the weekends [E] until our muscles hurt.
[B] Then mama'd come and get us [F#] and take us all to church.
[B] She read us from the Bible [E] about Noah and the [B] flood.
About John and Paul and Jesus [F#] and how he washed us [B] in the blood.
She was hammering nails [E]
in our [B] foundation.
[E] Building our home up good [F#] and strong.
[E] Staying the winds of [B] life's [F#] [G#m] temptations.
With every [F#] story she'd tell, she was a [B] hammering nail.
Yeah, they [F#] raised us well by a [B] hammering nail.
[F#] [B] [E] [B]
[B] He went there every [F#] evening when he got off at the mill.
[B] He cleared the trees and brush [E] away and leveled out some land.
[B] Then he dug a hole and poured a [F#] slab with his own [B] working hand.
Then he showed me a picture of a [E] big house in a book.
[B] And said when we get our finished [F#] son, this is how she's gonna look.
Then he [B] buckled on his tool belt [E] and grabbed a two by six.
[B] And said you gotta frame a sturdy [F#] wall before you ever [B] lay a brick.
He was hammering [E] nails in [B] our foundation.
[E] Building our home up [F#] good and strong.
[E] Staying the winds of [B] life's [F#] [G#m] temptations.
To build our house [F#] well, he was a [B] hammering nail.
[E] [B] [F#] [G#m] [F#]
We worked [B] with him on the weekends [E] until our muscles hurt.
[B] Then mama'd come and get us [F#] and take us all to church.
[B] She read us from the Bible [E] about Noah and the [B] flood.
About John and Paul and Jesus [F#] and how he washed us [B] in the blood.
She was hammering nails [E]
in our [B] foundation.
[E] Building our home up good [F#] and strong.
[E] Staying the winds of [B] life's [F#] [G#m] temptations.
With every [F#] story she'd tell, she was a [B] hammering nail.
Yeah, they [F#] raised us well by a [B] hammering nail.
[F#] [B] [E] [B]
Key:
B
F#
E
G#m
B
F#
E
G#m
[F#] _ _ My [B] daddy bought five [E] acres high upon a hill.
[B] He went there every [F#] evening when he got off at the mill.
[B] He cleared the trees and brush [E] away and leveled out some land.
[B] Then he dug a hole and poured a [F#] slab with his own [B] working hand.
_ Then he showed me a picture of a [E] big house in a book.
[B] And said when we get our finished [F#] son, this is how she's gonna look.
Then he [B] buckled on his tool belt [E] and grabbed a two by six.
[B] And said you gotta frame a sturdy [F#] wall before you ever [B] lay a brick.
He was hammering [E] nails in [B] our foundation.
_ [E] Building our home up [F#] good and strong.
_ [E] Staying the winds of [B] life's [F#] [G#m] temptations.
To build our house [F#] well, he was a [B] hammering nail. _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ [B] _ [F#] _ [G#m] _ _ [F#] _
We worked [B] with him on the weekends [E] until our muscles hurt.
[B] Then mama'd come and get us [F#] and take us all to church.
[B] She read us from the Bible [E] about Noah and the [B] flood.
About John and Paul and Jesus [F#] and how he washed us [B] in the blood.
_ She was hammering nails [E]
in our [B] foundation.
_ [E] Building our home up good [F#] and strong.
_ [E] Staying the winds of [B] life's [F#] [G#m] temptations.
With every [F#] story she'd tell, she was a [B] hammering nail.
Yeah, they [F#] raised us well by a [B] hammering nail.
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [B] _ [E] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
[B] He went there every [F#] evening when he got off at the mill.
[B] He cleared the trees and brush [E] away and leveled out some land.
[B] Then he dug a hole and poured a [F#] slab with his own [B] working hand.
_ Then he showed me a picture of a [E] big house in a book.
[B] And said when we get our finished [F#] son, this is how she's gonna look.
Then he [B] buckled on his tool belt [E] and grabbed a two by six.
[B] And said you gotta frame a sturdy [F#] wall before you ever [B] lay a brick.
He was hammering [E] nails in [B] our foundation.
_ [E] Building our home up [F#] good and strong.
_ [E] Staying the winds of [B] life's [F#] [G#m] temptations.
To build our house [F#] well, he was a [B] hammering nail. _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ [B] _ [F#] _ [G#m] _ _ [F#] _
We worked [B] with him on the weekends [E] until our muscles hurt.
[B] Then mama'd come and get us [F#] and take us all to church.
[B] She read us from the Bible [E] about Noah and the [B] flood.
About John and Paul and Jesus [F#] and how he washed us [B] in the blood.
_ She was hammering nails [E]
in our [B] foundation.
_ [E] Building our home up good [F#] and strong.
_ [E] Staying the winds of [B] life's [F#] [G#m] temptations.
With every [F#] story she'd tell, she was a [B] hammering nail.
Yeah, they [F#] raised us well by a [B] hammering nail.
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [B] _ [E] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _