No Hammer To Hold

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                             NO HAMMER TO HOLD - The Milk Carton Kids

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Tabbed by: Macheeoo

E-mail: [email protected]



Tuning:   Guitar 1: Full Step Down 

          Guitar 2: Standard Capo III (chords in parenthesis)





                      Chords to know!

         Guitar 1                    Guitar 2         

     C   G   F   Am  C/B D7       G   Em  D   C  G/F# A7

e|---0---3---1---0---0---2----|---3---0---2---0---3---0---|

B|---1---0---1---1---1---1----|---0---0---3---1---0---2---|

G|---0---0---2---2---0---2----|---0---0---2---0---0---0---|

D|---2---0---3---2---0---0----|---0---2---0---2---0---2---|

A|---3---2---3---0---2---X----|---2---2---X---3---X---0---|

E|---X---3---1---X---X---X----|---3---0---X---X---2---X---|









Intro Solo: (Guitar 2 Capo III -- solo relative to Capo)

                                                   G

e|-------------------------------------------------3-------------------------|

B|---3-2-0--2-0------------------------------------0-------------------------|

G|--------------2-------------------------------0--0-------------------------|

D|-----------------2/4~--0-2-4/5--5\3-3-2-----0----0-------------------------|

A|----------------------------------------0h2------2-------------------------|

E|-------------------------------------------------3-------------------------|



Guitar 1 (chords for solo):



C   G    F  (F)  -->  C



                                  VERSE 1



Guitar 1:                                          Guitar 2:



C                                                  (G)

I built a house                                    I built a house

Am                                                 (Em)

Upon the hill                                      Upon the hill

G             F                                    (D)           (C)

All my love's inside                               All my love's inside



C                                                  (G)

I run around                                       I run around

Am                                                 (Em)

One day you will                                   One day you will

G                                                  (D)

Come down                                          Come down

F                                                  (C)

In a slide                                         In a slide





                                   PRE-CHORUS





Am               G            F                  (Em)              (D)          (C)

Everything looks better in my dream               Everything looks better in my dream

Am               G            D7                 (Em)             (D)          (A7)

Nine pounds' heavier than it seems                Nine pounds' heavier than it seems





Guitar 2 (Chorus Solo over D7/A7):

                        C

e|----------------------0-------|

B|---2-1-0--------------1-------|

G|----------2-1-0-------0-------|

D|-----------------2-0--0h2-----|

A|----------------------3-------|

E|------------------------------|



                                      CHORUS

  F        G        C     C/B    Am                 (C)      (D)       (G)  (G/F#)  (Em)

So take me back Minnesota in the snow             So take me back Minnesota in the snow

F         G         C     C/B     D7             (C)        (D)      (G)   (G/F#)   (A7)

I turn my back and try to make it home            I turn my back and try to make it home

F                                                 (C)

Clearly I've                                      Clearly I've

             G                                                 (D)

No hammer to hold                                 No hammer to hold





                                     VERSE 2

  

C                                                (G)

You keep a light                                  You keep a light

Am                                               (Em)

And burn both ends                                And burn both ends

G                 F                              (D)               (C)

I live inside my mind                             I live inside my mind



C                                                (G)

And you were right                                And you were right

Am                                               (Em) 

I was wrong again                                 I was wrong again

G                        F                       (D)                       (C)

What will they say when I die                     What will they say when I die









                                   PRE-CHORUS





Am               G            F                  (Em)              (D)          (C)

Everything looks better in my dream               Everything looks better in my dream

Am               G            D7                 (Em)             (D)          (A7)

Nine pounds' heavier than it seems                Nine pounds' heavier than it seems





Guitar 2: SOLO CHORUS RIFF





                                      CHORUS

  F        G        C     C/B    Am                 (C)      (D)       (G)  (G/F#)  (Em)

So take me back Minnesota in the snow             So take me back Minnesota in the snow

F         G         C     C/B     D7             (C)        (D)      (G)   (G/F#)   (A7)

I turn my back and try to make it home            I turn my back and try to make it home

F                                                 (C)

Clearly I've                                      Clearly I've

             G                                                 (D)

No hammer to hold                                 No hammer to hold





F            G        C    C/B   Am  G           (C)          (D)      (G) (G/F#) (Em) (D)

So watch my back with mercy as I go               So watch my back with mercy as I go

F           G                                    (C)          (D)

Cause I'm attacked                                Cause I'm attacked

       C    C/B   Am   G                                 (G)  (G/F#) (Em) (D)

By this burning afterglow                         By this burning afterglow

D7                                                A7

Clearly I've                                      Clearly I've

             G                                                 D

No hammer to hold                                 No hammer to hold



                                      VERSE 3



C                                                  (G)

I built a house                                    I built a house

Am                                                 (Em)

Upon the hill                                      Upon the hill

G             F                                    (D)           (C)

All my love's inside                               All my love's inside





Guitar 2: Outro Solo

                                       G

e|---2-0-------------------------------3-------------------------------------|

B|-------3-1-0-------------------------0-------------------------------------|

G|-------------2-0---------------------0-------------------------------------|

D|-----------------3-2-0------------0--0-------------------------------------|

A|------------------------3-2-0-2-3----2-------------------------------------|

E|-------------------------------------3-------------------------------------|



END!!!