Chords for If I Had a Hammer - Trini Lopez
Tempo:
86.15 bpm
Chords used:
D
A
Bm
Dm
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Hey [E] all.
[F]
Somebody, believe it or not, somebody sent me a note
asking how [Bb] come I've never posted any Trini [D] Lopez.
[Dm] [Em] Seriously.
[Dm] We need to rectify that, obviously.
[Ab] My first thought was Lemon Tree, of course, [A] and maybe I'll get around to that one.
But just the other day I had [Dm] seen
[C] that new documentary, I think it's on Showtime,
about Elvis Costello, and it had his [C] father,
Ross [B] McManus,
some old clip from the early 60s, doing If I Had a [Dm] Hammer.
And his version is actually pretty good.
[D] I think I actually prefer it to Trini's version.
It's a little more
peppy.
This is [B] a good one, so we're just going to go through this.
Now [Dm] the chords are just D, [Bm] B minor, G, [A] A.
[D] [A]
[Abm] During the verses, instead of [E] going up to an A up here, he does it as an A7 [A] down here.
[E] So I'll try to get that straight, but if I forget and accidentally do [B] it,
it's the same four chord.
[A] [D] [A]
[D]
[A]
[D]
[A] [Bm] [B]
[D]
[Bm] [D]
[A] [D]
[B] [A]
[D] [G]
[D] [A] [G] [A]
[D] So I'm going to [Bm] go up to the A7, [D]
[A] [D]
[A] [B] [A]
[D]
and then I'm going to go up to the G7.
[Bm] [A]
[D] So I'm going to go [Bm] up to the G7, and then I'm going to go up to the A7.
So I'm going to go up to the G7, and then I'm going to go up to the [D] A7.
So I'm going to go up to the G7, [A] [D]
[Bm] [A]
[D] [Bm] and then I'm going to go up to the A7.
So I'm going to go up to the G7, and then I'm going to go up to the A7.
[Bm] [A]
[D] So [Bm] I'm going to go up to the G7, and then I'm going to go up to the A7.
So I'm going to go up to the G7, and then I'm going to go up to the A7.
[D]
[A] [D] [G]
So [Bm] I'm going to go up to the G7, [A] and then I'm going to go [D] up to the A7.
[Bm] G7
G7
[A] [Bm] [Gbm]
[D] [G] [Bm]
[Bm] [A] [D]
[Dm]
[F]
Somebody, believe it or not, somebody sent me a note
asking how [Bb] come I've never posted any Trini [D] Lopez.
[Dm] [Em] Seriously.
[Dm] We need to rectify that, obviously.
[Ab] My first thought was Lemon Tree, of course, [A] and maybe I'll get around to that one.
But just the other day I had [Dm] seen
[C] that new documentary, I think it's on Showtime,
about Elvis Costello, and it had his [C] father,
Ross [B] McManus,
some old clip from the early 60s, doing If I Had a [Dm] Hammer.
And his version is actually pretty good.
[D] I think I actually prefer it to Trini's version.
It's a little more
peppy.
This is [B] a good one, so we're just going to go through this.
Now [Dm] the chords are just D, [Bm] B minor, G, [A] A.
[D] [A]
[Abm] During the verses, instead of [E] going up to an A up here, he does it as an A7 [A] down here.
[E] So I'll try to get that straight, but if I forget and accidentally do [B] it,
it's the same four chord.
[A] [D] [A]
[D]
[A]
[D]
[A] [Bm] [B]
[D]
[Bm] [D]
[A] [D]
[B] [A]
[D] [G]
[D] [A] [G] [A]
[D] So I'm going to [Bm] go up to the A7, [D]
[A] [D]
[A] [B] [A]
[D]
and then I'm going to go up to the G7.
[Bm] [A]
[D] So I'm going to go [Bm] up to the G7, and then I'm going to go up to the A7.
So I'm going to go up to the G7, and then I'm going to go up to the [D] A7.
So I'm going to go up to the G7, [A] [D]
[Bm] [A]
[D] [Bm] and then I'm going to go up to the A7.
So I'm going to go up to the G7, and then I'm going to go up to the A7.
[Bm] [A]
[D] So [Bm] I'm going to go up to the G7, and then I'm going to go up to the A7.
So I'm going to go up to the G7, and then I'm going to go up to the A7.
[D]
[A] [D] [G]
So [Bm] I'm going to go up to the G7, [A] and then I'm going to go [D] up to the A7.
[Bm] G7
G7
[A] [Bm] [Gbm]
[D] [G] [Bm]
[Bm] [A] [D]
[Dm]
Key:
D
A
Bm
Dm
B
D
A
Bm
Hey [E] all.
_ _ [F] _ _
Somebody, believe it or not, somebody sent me a note
_ asking how [Bb] come I've never posted any Trini [D] Lopez.
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [Em] Seriously.
[Dm] _ _ We need to rectify that, obviously.
[Ab] My first thought was Lemon Tree, of course, [A] and maybe I'll get around to that one.
But just the other day I had [Dm] seen _
_ _ [C] that new documentary, I think it's on Showtime, _
about Elvis Costello, and it had his [C] father,
Ross [B] McManus,
some old clip from the early 60s, doing If I Had a [Dm] Hammer.
And his version is actually pretty good.
[D] I think I actually prefer it to Trini's version.
It's a little more
peppy.
This is [B] a good one, so we're just going to go through this.
Now [Dm] the chords are just D, [Bm] B minor, G, [A] A.
[D] _ _ [A] _
_ [Abm] During the verses, instead of [E] going up to an A up here, he does it as an A7 [A] down here.
_ _ [E] So I'll try to get that straight, but if I forget and accidentally do [B] it,
it's the same four chord. _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ [G] _ _ _
[D] _ [A] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ So I'm going to [Bm] go up to the A7, _ [D] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
and then I'm going to go up to the G7.
_ _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ [D] So I'm going to go _ [Bm] up to the G7, and then I'm going to go up to the A7.
So I'm going to go up to the G7, and then I'm going to go up to the [D] A7.
So I'm going to go up to the G7, _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _
[D] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ and then I'm going to go up to the A7.
So I'm going to go up to the G7, _ and then I'm going to go up to the A7.
_ [Bm] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ So [Bm] I'm going to go up to the G7, and then I'm going to go up to the A7.
So I'm going to go up to the G7, and then I'm going to go up to the A7.
_ [D] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ So [Bm] I'm going to go up to the G7, [A] and then I'm going to go [D] up to the A7.
[Bm] _ _ _ _ G7
G7
_ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [Gbm] _
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _
Somebody, believe it or not, somebody sent me a note
_ asking how [Bb] come I've never posted any Trini [D] Lopez.
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [Em] Seriously.
[Dm] _ _ We need to rectify that, obviously.
[Ab] My first thought was Lemon Tree, of course, [A] and maybe I'll get around to that one.
But just the other day I had [Dm] seen _
_ _ [C] that new documentary, I think it's on Showtime, _
about Elvis Costello, and it had his [C] father,
Ross [B] McManus,
some old clip from the early 60s, doing If I Had a [Dm] Hammer.
And his version is actually pretty good.
[D] I think I actually prefer it to Trini's version.
It's a little more
peppy.
This is [B] a good one, so we're just going to go through this.
Now [Dm] the chords are just D, [Bm] B minor, G, [A] A.
[D] _ _ [A] _
_ [Abm] During the verses, instead of [E] going up to an A up here, he does it as an A7 [A] down here.
_ _ [E] So I'll try to get that straight, but if I forget and accidentally do [B] it,
it's the same four chord. _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ [G] _ _ _
[D] _ [A] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ So I'm going to [Bm] go up to the A7, _ [D] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
and then I'm going to go up to the G7.
_ _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ [D] So I'm going to go _ [Bm] up to the G7, and then I'm going to go up to the A7.
So I'm going to go up to the G7, and then I'm going to go up to the [D] A7.
So I'm going to go up to the G7, _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _
[D] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ and then I'm going to go up to the A7.
So I'm going to go up to the G7, _ and then I'm going to go up to the A7.
_ [Bm] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ So [Bm] I'm going to go up to the G7, and then I'm going to go up to the A7.
So I'm going to go up to the G7, and then I'm going to go up to the A7.
_ [D] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ So [Bm] I'm going to go up to the G7, [A] and then I'm going to go [D] up to the A7.
[Bm] _ _ _ _ G7
G7
_ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [Gbm] _
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _