When All You’ve Got Is A Hammer - Gretchen Peters
(Verse 1)
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There’s a bible on the table
C
there's a bottle on the shelf
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there's a woman in the kitchen
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cryin' quietly to herself
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down the hallway, in the bedroom
C
you can hear his children wail
F Am
when all you got is a hammer
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everything looks like a nail.
(Verse 2)
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well he came home from the desert
C
with a medal on his chest
F Am
like a hero, like a champion
E7
but he felt more like a guest
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now he sleeps with one eye open
C
and he wakes up scared as hell
F Am
and all he's got is a hammer
E7 Am
and everything looks like a nail.
|(Chorus)
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|well they teach you how to shoot and they show you how to kill
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|but they don't show you what to do with this hole that you can't fill
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|so you dwell in the darkness of your soul like Jonah in the belly of the whale
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|and all you got is a hammer and everything looks like a nail.
(Verse 3)
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when a good man in a bad dream
C
can't make it on his own
F Am
when he can't feed his own damn children
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on the money that he brings home
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and the deck is stacked against him
C
and he knows he's bound to fail
F Am
and all he's got is a hammer
E7 Am
everything looks like a nail.
(Chorus x 2)
F Am E7 Am
When all you’ve got is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
(Added by Rodger, Bangor Ukes - Sept ‘24)
When All You’ve Got Is A Hammer [Am]Gretchen Peters
Verse 1 AmThere’s a bible on the table there's a Cbottle on the shelf there's a Fwoman in the Amkitchen cryin' E7quietly to herself Amdown the hallway, in the bedroom you can Chear his children wail when Fall you got is a Amhammer everyE7thing looks like a Amnail.
Verse 2 Amwell he came home from the desert with a Cmedal on his chest like a Fhero, like a Amchampion but he E7felt more like a guest now he Amsleeps with one eye open and he Cwakes up scared as hell and Fall he's got is a Amhammer and everyE7thing looks like a Amnail.
Chorus well they Cteach you how to shoot and they Gshow you how to kill but they Dmdon't show you what to do with this E7hole that you can't fill so you Amdwell in the darkness of your Csoul like FJonah in the belly of the E7whale and Fall you got is a Amhammer and everyE7thing looks like a Amnail.
Verse 3 Amwhen a good man in a bad dream can't Cmake it on his own when he Fcan't feed his own damn Amchildren on the E7money that he brings home and the Amdeck is stacked against him and he Cknows he's bound to fail and Fall he's got is a Amhammer everyE7thing looks like a Amnail.
Chorus x 2
When Fall you’ve got is a Amhammer, everyE7thing looks like a Amnail.