The Nail that Nobody Saw - Mark Bishop (audio) Chords
Tempo:
82.55 bpm
Chords used:
Ab
Eb
Bb
A
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Eb]
[Ab]
[Eb] [F]
[Abm] [Ab]
[Eb] One soldier carried three nails and a hammer like he'd done so often [Ab] before.
[Fm] He stared at the man [Ab] with the cross that he [Bb] marched behind.
He [Ab]
[Eb] looked at the faces of the crowd as they gathered.
He heard their [Ab] taunts and their jeers.
[Db] But he'd heard the rumor [Dbm] [Db] this man committed [F] no crime.
[Bb]
[Eb] At the top of the hillside, just the murmur of [Bbm] weeping,
as they laid that [Ab] man on the cross,
[Fm] they bound him and the [Ab] soldier drew near with the [Bb] hammer and nails.
[Ab] As [Bb]
[Eb] he drew back the hammer, he chanced to glance [Bbm] over
in two [Eb] eyes that were [Ab] matted with tears.
[Fm] And he hated the ring [Db] of that hammer each [Bb] time it fell.
And [Eb] the sound of the hammer reached heaven's throne
[Db] where the angels were waiting [Ab] to carry him home.
[Eb] With only one word, they'd be ten thousand [Gm] strong.
[Eb] The world counted three [Ab] nails, but they counted wrong
[Cm] for the nail that nobody [Bb] saw
[Eb] was the nail that went [Ab] through his heart.
[Fm] Oh, that was the nail [Dm] that [Bb] built him to [Eb] the cross.
[Ab] The angels were waiting, [Eb] they were anticipating
in a moment they'd be [Ab] at his [Fm] side.
But they waited and they listened
[Ab] and he bowed his [Bb] head and he died.
[Ab] [A] [E] The sound of the hammer reached heaven's throne
where the angels were waiting [A] to carry him [E] home.
With only one word, they'd be ten [Abm] thousand strong.
The world counted three nails, [A] but they counted wrong
[Dbm] for the nail [A] that nobody [B] saw
was the [E] nail that went [A] through his heart.
[Gbm] Oh, that was the nail [B] that held him to [E]
the cross.
[A] Friends, that [E] was the nail [Gbm] that [B] held him to [E] the cross.
[Gbm] [A] [E]
[Ab]
[Eb] [F]
[Abm] [Ab]
[Eb] One soldier carried three nails and a hammer like he'd done so often [Ab] before.
[Fm] He stared at the man [Ab] with the cross that he [Bb] marched behind.
He [Ab]
[Eb] looked at the faces of the crowd as they gathered.
He heard their [Ab] taunts and their jeers.
[Db] But he'd heard the rumor [Dbm] [Db] this man committed [F] no crime.
[Bb]
[Eb] At the top of the hillside, just the murmur of [Bbm] weeping,
as they laid that [Ab] man on the cross,
[Fm] they bound him and the [Ab] soldier drew near with the [Bb] hammer and nails.
[Ab] As [Bb]
[Eb] he drew back the hammer, he chanced to glance [Bbm] over
in two [Eb] eyes that were [Ab] matted with tears.
[Fm] And he hated the ring [Db] of that hammer each [Bb] time it fell.
And [Eb] the sound of the hammer reached heaven's throne
[Db] where the angels were waiting [Ab] to carry him home.
[Eb] With only one word, they'd be ten thousand [Gm] strong.
[Eb] The world counted three [Ab] nails, but they counted wrong
[Cm] for the nail that nobody [Bb] saw
[Eb] was the nail that went [Ab] through his heart.
[Fm] Oh, that was the nail [Dm] that [Bb] built him to [Eb] the cross.
[Ab] The angels were waiting, [Eb] they were anticipating
in a moment they'd be [Ab] at his [Fm] side.
But they waited and they listened
[Ab] and he bowed his [Bb] head and he died.
[Ab] [A] [E] The sound of the hammer reached heaven's throne
where the angels were waiting [A] to carry him [E] home.
With only one word, they'd be ten [Abm] thousand strong.
The world counted three nails, [A] but they counted wrong
[Dbm] for the nail [A] that nobody [B] saw
was the [E] nail that went [A] through his heart.
[Gbm] Oh, that was the nail [B] that held him to [E]
the cross.
[A] Friends, that [E] was the nail [Gbm] that [B] held him to [E] the cross.
[Gbm] [A] [E]
Key:
Ab
Eb
Bb
A
E
Ab
Eb
Bb
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[Abm] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
[Eb] One soldier carried three nails and a hammer like he'd done so often [Ab] before. _
[Fm] He stared at the man [Ab] with the cross that he [Bb] marched behind.
He [Ab] _ _ _ _
[Eb] looked at the faces of the crowd as they gathered.
He heard their [Ab] taunts and their jeers.
[Db] But he'd heard the rumor [Dbm] [Db] this man committed [F] no crime.
_ [Bb] _ _ _
[Eb] At the top of the hillside, just the murmur of [Bbm] weeping,
as they laid that [Ab] man on the cross,
[Fm] they bound him and the [Ab] soldier drew near with the [Bb] hammer and nails.
[Ab] As [Bb] _ _
[Eb] he drew back the hammer, he chanced to glance [Bbm] over
in two [Eb] eyes that were [Ab] matted with tears.
[Fm] And he hated the ring [Db] of that hammer each [Bb] time it fell.
_ _ And [Eb] the sound of the hammer reached heaven's throne
[Db] where the angels were waiting [Ab] to carry him home.
[Eb] With only one word, they'd be ten thousand [Gm] strong.
[Eb] The world counted three [Ab] nails, but they counted wrong
[Cm] for the nail that nobody [Bb] saw _
[Eb] was the nail that went [Ab] through his _ _ heart.
[Fm] Oh, that was the nail [Dm] that [Bb] built him to [Eb] the cross.
[Ab] The _ _ _ angels were waiting, [Eb] they were anticipating
in a moment they'd be [Ab] at his [Fm] side.
But they waited and they listened
[Ab] and he bowed his [Bb] head and he died.
[Ab] _ _ [A] _ [E] The sound of the hammer reached heaven's throne
where the angels were waiting [A] to carry him [E] home.
With only one word, they'd be ten [Abm] thousand strong.
The world counted three nails, [A] but they counted wrong
[Dbm] for the nail [A] that nobody [B] saw
_ was the [E] nail that went [A] through his _ _ heart.
[Gbm] Oh, that was the nail [B] that held him to [E]
the _ cross.
_ _ [A] Friends, that [E] was the nail [Gbm] that [B] held him to _ [E] the cross. _ _ _ _
_ [Gbm] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[Abm] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
[Eb] One soldier carried three nails and a hammer like he'd done so often [Ab] before. _
[Fm] He stared at the man [Ab] with the cross that he [Bb] marched behind.
He [Ab] _ _ _ _
[Eb] looked at the faces of the crowd as they gathered.
He heard their [Ab] taunts and their jeers.
[Db] But he'd heard the rumor [Dbm] [Db] this man committed [F] no crime.
_ [Bb] _ _ _
[Eb] At the top of the hillside, just the murmur of [Bbm] weeping,
as they laid that [Ab] man on the cross,
[Fm] they bound him and the [Ab] soldier drew near with the [Bb] hammer and nails.
[Ab] As [Bb] _ _
[Eb] he drew back the hammer, he chanced to glance [Bbm] over
in two [Eb] eyes that were [Ab] matted with tears.
[Fm] And he hated the ring [Db] of that hammer each [Bb] time it fell.
_ _ And [Eb] the sound of the hammer reached heaven's throne
[Db] where the angels were waiting [Ab] to carry him home.
[Eb] With only one word, they'd be ten thousand [Gm] strong.
[Eb] The world counted three [Ab] nails, but they counted wrong
[Cm] for the nail that nobody [Bb] saw _
[Eb] was the nail that went [Ab] through his _ _ heart.
[Fm] Oh, that was the nail [Dm] that [Bb] built him to [Eb] the cross.
[Ab] The _ _ _ angels were waiting, [Eb] they were anticipating
in a moment they'd be [Ab] at his [Fm] side.
But they waited and they listened
[Ab] and he bowed his [Bb] head and he died.
[Ab] _ _ [A] _ [E] The sound of the hammer reached heaven's throne
where the angels were waiting [A] to carry him [E] home.
With only one word, they'd be ten [Abm] thousand strong.
The world counted three nails, [A] but they counted wrong
[Dbm] for the nail [A] that nobody [B] saw
_ was the [E] nail that went [A] through his _ _ heart.
[Gbm] Oh, that was the nail [B] that held him to [E]
the _ cross.
_ _ [A] Friends, that [E] was the nail [Gbm] that [B] held him to _ [E] the cross. _ _ _ _
_ [Gbm] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Facts about this song