Hammer And Nails Chords by Radney Foster

[E] Better build your house on a rock, _ or watch it crumble and fail.
_ Better build your love _ [B] _ _ _ [E] hammer and nail.
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_ _ _ _ _ See it in the darkness, _ as if it [A] was broad daylight.
_ [E] Feel it down inside my soul, when I hold you [B] tight.
_ [E] It takes much more than passion for [A] love to prevail.
You gotta raise [E] it up _ [B] _ _ with [E] hammer and nail.
_ _ _ Hammer [A] and nail, _
_ [D] _ you gotta [E] build this love.
_ _ _ Lay that [A] _
worthless [D] _ _ _ [B] shadow. _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ Lay that burnt foundation down to the last [A] _ detail.
_ _ Gonna build [E] out a love _ [B] _ _
[E] with hammer and nail. _ _ _ _
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[A] You [E] build one room for laughter, _ [A] you build one room for tears.
[E] This ain't no game, no house of cards, gonna take [B] us years.
[E] Bow that song that's spoken, _ _ _ constant no avail. _
[A] _ _ Put them in [E] your hands, _ [B] _ _ hammer [E] and nail. _
_ _ _ Hammer [A] and nail, _ [D] _ _ _ [E] this love.
_ _ _ Lay [A] that _ worthless [D] _ _ _ [B] shadow. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] Lay it out so straight and true, to the last [A] _ detail.
_ _ Gonna build [E] out a love _ _ [B] _ with hammer [E] and nail. _ _ _ _ _
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Hammer [A] and nail, _ _ [D] _ _ _
[E] this love. _ _ _
Lay [A] that worthless _ [D] _ _ [A] _
[B] shadow. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] We've both seen it strong enough, _ we've both seen it [A] fail.
_ _ Gonna [E] build out a love _
_ [B] _ with hammer [E] and nail. _
_ [A] _ Gonna [E] build out a love _
_ [B] _ with hammer [E] and nail.
_ _ _ _ _ I _ _ _ _ love you.
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