Chords for The Hammer- Matilda the Musical
Tempo:
79.55 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
A
D
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[F] [A]
[Fm] [Am] Look at these trophies, see how my trophies gleam
In [Am] the sunlight, see how they shine
What do you [A#] think it [Am] took to become English hammer [A#]-throwing champion?
[G] [C] 1969, [A] do you think in that moment, when my big moment came
That I treated the rules with casual disdain?
Well, like hell!
[Dm] As I stepped up to the circle, did I change my [A] plan?
[Dm] What?
As I chalked up [F] my palms, did [A#] I wave my [A] hands?
I did not!
[D#m] As I started my spin, did I look at the view?
Did I drift off [F#] and dream for [Fm] a minute or two?
Do you think I faulted or [C] amended my [Fm] rotation?
Do you think I altered my [C] intended [F#] elevation?
[F#m] As the hammer took [G] off, did I [F#m] change my grunt?
From the grunt I had [G] practiced for many a month
Not a jot, not a dot, did I stray [G#m] from the plot?
[E] Not a detail of my throw was [Am] adjusted or forgotten
Not even when the hammer left my [C] hands
And sailed high up, [F#] up above the stands
Did I let [G] myself go?
[F#] No, no, no, [G] no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
[C] If you want to throw [G] the hammer for [C] your country
You have to stay inside [G] the circle [C] all the time
[F] And if you want to [D] make the team
You don't [C] need happiness or self [A]-esteem
[Dm] You just need to keep [G] your feet inside [C] the line Sing, children
Two, three, four!
If you want to [Gm] throw the hammer [C] for your country
You have to stay [G] inside the circle [C] all the time
[F] And if you want to [D] teach success
You [C] don't use sympathy or [A] tenderness
[Dm] You have to force the [G] little squits to [C] toe the line [A] Sing, Jenny
Two, [D] three, four!
If you want to [A] throw the hammer [D] for your country
You have to stay [A] inside the circle [D] all the time
[G] I apply just [E] one simple rule
[D] To hammer-throwing [B] life and school
[Em] Life's [D] a ball, [C#] so learn to [F#m] throw it
Find the [B] ballet [C] line and [Em] tear it
And always [A] keep your feet [D] inside the line
Now get up
[N]
[Fm] [Am] Look at these trophies, see how my trophies gleam
In [Am] the sunlight, see how they shine
What do you [A#] think it [Am] took to become English hammer [A#]-throwing champion?
[G] [C] 1969, [A] do you think in that moment, when my big moment came
That I treated the rules with casual disdain?
Well, like hell!
[Dm] As I stepped up to the circle, did I change my [A] plan?
[Dm] What?
As I chalked up [F] my palms, did [A#] I wave my [A] hands?
I did not!
[D#m] As I started my spin, did I look at the view?
Did I drift off [F#] and dream for [Fm] a minute or two?
Do you think I faulted or [C] amended my [Fm] rotation?
Do you think I altered my [C] intended [F#] elevation?
[F#m] As the hammer took [G] off, did I [F#m] change my grunt?
From the grunt I had [G] practiced for many a month
Not a jot, not a dot, did I stray [G#m] from the plot?
[E] Not a detail of my throw was [Am] adjusted or forgotten
Not even when the hammer left my [C] hands
And sailed high up, [F#] up above the stands
Did I let [G] myself go?
[F#] No, no, no, [G] no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
[C] If you want to throw [G] the hammer for [C] your country
You have to stay inside [G] the circle [C] all the time
[F] And if you want to [D] make the team
You don't [C] need happiness or self [A]-esteem
[Dm] You just need to keep [G] your feet inside [C] the line Sing, children
Two, three, four!
If you want to [Gm] throw the hammer [C] for your country
You have to stay [G] inside the circle [C] all the time
[F] And if you want to [D] teach success
You [C] don't use sympathy or [A] tenderness
[Dm] You have to force the [G] little squits to [C] toe the line [A] Sing, Jenny
Two, [D] three, four!
If you want to [A] throw the hammer [D] for your country
You have to stay [A] inside the circle [D] all the time
[G] I apply just [E] one simple rule
[D] To hammer-throwing [B] life and school
[Em] Life's [D] a ball, [C#] so learn to [F#m] throw it
Find the [B] ballet [C] line and [Em] tear it
And always [A] keep your feet [D] inside the line
Now get up
[N]
Key:
C
G
A
D
F
C
G
A
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ [A] _
[Fm] _ [Am] Look at these trophies, see how my trophies gleam
In [Am] the sunlight, see how they shine
What do you [A#] think it [Am] took to become English hammer [A#]-throwing champion?
[G] [C] 1969, [A] do you think in that moment, when my big moment came
That I treated the rules with casual disdain?
Well, like hell!
[Dm] As I stepped up to the circle, did I change my [A] plan?
[Dm] What?
As I chalked up [F] my palms, did [A#] I wave my [A] hands?
I did not!
[D#m] As I started my spin, did I look at the view?
Did I drift off [F#] and dream for [Fm] a minute or two?
Do you think I faulted or [C] amended my [Fm] rotation?
Do you think I altered my [C] intended [F#] elevation?
[F#m] As the hammer took [G] off, did I [F#m] change my grunt?
From the grunt I had [G] practiced for many a month
Not a jot, not a dot, did I stray [G#m] from the plot?
[E] Not a detail of my throw was [Am] adjusted or forgotten
Not even when the hammer left my [C] hands
And sailed high up, [F#] up above the stands
Did I let [G] myself go?
[F#] No, no, no, [G] no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
_ _ [C] If you want to throw [G] the hammer for [C] your country
_ _ You have to stay inside [G] the circle [C] all the time
_ [F] And if you want to [D] make the team
You don't [C] need happiness or self [A]-esteem
[Dm] You just need to keep [G] your feet inside [C] the line Sing, children
Two, three, four!
If you want to [Gm] throw the hammer [C] for your country
You have to stay [G] inside the circle [C] all the time
_ [F] And if you want to [D] teach success
You [C] don't use sympathy or [A] tenderness
[Dm] You have to force the [G] little squits to [C] toe the line [A] Sing, Jenny
Two, [D] three, four!
If you want to [A] throw the hammer [D] for your country
_ You have to stay [A] inside the circle [D] all the time
[G] I apply just [E] one simple rule
[D] To hammer-throwing [B] life and school
_ _ [Em] Life's [D] a ball, [C#] so learn to [F#m] throw it
Find the [B] ballet [C] line and [Em] tear it
And always [A] keep your feet [D] inside the line
Now get up _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
[Fm] _ [Am] Look at these trophies, see how my trophies gleam
In [Am] the sunlight, see how they shine
What do you [A#] think it [Am] took to become English hammer [A#]-throwing champion?
[G] [C] 1969, [A] do you think in that moment, when my big moment came
That I treated the rules with casual disdain?
Well, like hell!
[Dm] As I stepped up to the circle, did I change my [A] plan?
[Dm] What?
As I chalked up [F] my palms, did [A#] I wave my [A] hands?
I did not!
[D#m] As I started my spin, did I look at the view?
Did I drift off [F#] and dream for [Fm] a minute or two?
Do you think I faulted or [C] amended my [Fm] rotation?
Do you think I altered my [C] intended [F#] elevation?
[F#m] As the hammer took [G] off, did I [F#m] change my grunt?
From the grunt I had [G] practiced for many a month
Not a jot, not a dot, did I stray [G#m] from the plot?
[E] Not a detail of my throw was [Am] adjusted or forgotten
Not even when the hammer left my [C] hands
And sailed high up, [F#] up above the stands
Did I let [G] myself go?
[F#] No, no, no, [G] no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
_ _ [C] If you want to throw [G] the hammer for [C] your country
_ _ You have to stay inside [G] the circle [C] all the time
_ [F] And if you want to [D] make the team
You don't [C] need happiness or self [A]-esteem
[Dm] You just need to keep [G] your feet inside [C] the line Sing, children
Two, three, four!
If you want to [Gm] throw the hammer [C] for your country
You have to stay [G] inside the circle [C] all the time
_ [F] And if you want to [D] teach success
You [C] don't use sympathy or [A] tenderness
[Dm] You have to force the [G] little squits to [C] toe the line [A] Sing, Jenny
Two, [D] three, four!
If you want to [A] throw the hammer [D] for your country
_ You have to stay [A] inside the circle [D] all the time
[G] I apply just [E] one simple rule
[D] To hammer-throwing [B] life and school
_ _ [Em] Life's [D] a ball, [C#] so learn to [F#m] throw it
Find the [B] ballet [C] line and [Em] tear it
And always [A] keep your feet [D] inside the line
Now get up _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _