Chords for Indigo Girls, "Hammer and a Nail"

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_ _ [B] _ _ [F#] _ _ [E] _ _
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_ [B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] Clearing webs [G#m] from the [E]
hovel, [F#] _ a blistered hand [G#m] on the handle of a shovel, _ [F#] I've been
digging [G#m] too deep all the [E] way through. _ _ _
_ _ [F#] I see my face [G#m] on the surface, _ _ [B] [F#] I look a lot like [E]
Narcissus, [B] _ [F#] a dark abyss [G#m] of an emptiness
standing [E] on the edge of a drowning blue.
_ [G#m] I look behind [E] my ears for the [B] green, _ and even [E] my [D#m] sweat smells clean.
[D#m] They're awful [E] wide, [C#] hurts [F#] my [C#m] eyes.
_ [D#m] _ [F#] I gotta [B] get out [F#] there and get a hammer and a nail, learn how to use my [E] hands, [F#]
not just
my head, I think myself [E] in a jail.
Now I [C#m] know a refuge never [G#m] grows, from a chain in [E] a hand and a thoughtful [C#] pose.
How to tend [E] the earth if you want to grow. _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [G#m] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [B] _ [F#] I had a lot of good intentions, _ sit around for 50 years and then [E] collect a [F#] pension.
I started seeing the road to [G#m] hell, and just where [E] it _ _ starts.
_ [F#] _ My life is more than [G#m] a vision, _ [B] the [F#] sweetest part is acting [G#m] after [E] making a [B] decision.
[F#] I started seeing [G#m] the hole, that's what some of [E] it's for. _ _ _
[B] I _ _ _ _ [E] look behind my ears for the [G#] green, [B] and even [E] my [D#m] sweat smells [C#m] clean.
[D#m] They're awful [E] _
[C#] wide, hurts [F#] my [G#] eyes.
_ I gotta [B] get out there [F#] and get a hammer and a nail, learn how to use my [E] hands, [F#]
not just
my head, I think myself in [E] a jail.
Now I [C#m] know a refuge never [G#m] grows, from a chain [E] in a hand and a thoughtful [C#] pose.
How to [E] tend the earth if you want to grow. _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [G#m] _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ [F#] My [E] _ _
_ _ [F#] _ life is part [G#m] of a [E] global lie, [B] I [F#] found myself becoming more and more, when I think the little
girl in [G#m] the world can't [E] do anything. _ _
_ _ _ [F#] I've built a nation, [G#m] my community, _ [B] the [F#] street person, my _ responsibility.
If I ever care [G#m] in the world, I have a gift [E] to play. _ _ _
_ [B] _ I look behind [E] my ears for the [G#m] green, _ [B] and even [E] my sweat [D#m] smells [C#m] clean.
_ [D#m] They're [E] awful wide, [C#] hurts my eyes.
_ [D#m] [F#] I gotta [B] get out [F#] there and get a hammer [E] and a [F#]
nail, learn how to use my [E] hands, [F#]
not just
my head, I think myself in a jail.
Now I [C#m] know a refuge never [G#m] grows, from a chain [E] in a hand and a thoughtful [C#] pose.
How to [E] tend the earth if you want to grow.
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