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Hammerin’ Nails
Joey + Rory
Inspired
   F#/A#xx8676
Intro
BVerEse B1F#/A#  G#m  F#  
My BDaddy bought five acres Ehigh upon a hill
He Bwent there every evenin’, when he F#got off at the mill
He Bcleared the trees and brush away and Eleveled out some land
Then he Bdug a hole and poured a slab with F#his own workin’ hanBds
Verse 2
He showed me a picture of a Ebig house in a book
Said Bwhen we get it finished son, this is F#how it's gonna look 
Then he Bbuckled on his tool belt and Egrabbed a two by six
Said ya Bgotta frame a sturdy wall before you F#ever lay a briBck
Chorus
(    Tacet      )B      E                B
He was hammerin’ nails,    in our foun - dation 
Buildin’ our Ehome up good and F#strong
Stand the Ewinds of life's temp – Bta - F#tionsG#m  
To build our house F#well he was a hammerin’ Bnails
Solo
B  E  B  F#/A#  G#m  F#
Verse 3
We worked Bwith him on the weekends un - Etil our muscles hurt
Then Bmomma would come and get us and F#take us all to church
She Bread us from the Bible about ENoah and the flood 
About BJohn and Paul and Jesus and how he F#washed us in His bloBod
Chorus
She was hammerin’ nails,    Ein our foun - Bdation 
Buildin’ our Ehome up good and F#strong
Stand the Ewinds of life's temp – Bta - F#tionG#ms
To build our house F#well she was a hammerin’ Bnails
                                              (S l o w l y)
Yeah, they raised us F#well by hammerin’ BnailsF#/A#  B  E  B  
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opt to play a standard F# barre chord and omit the A# in the root,
or bass position. The chord voicing provided at the top of the

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Hammerin Nails

by Joey + Rory

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

F#/A#

G#m

Hammerin’ Nails

Joey + Rory

Inspired

F#/A#

xx8676

Intro

B E B F#/A# G#m F#

Verse 1

B E

My Daddy bought five acres high upon a hill

B F#

He went there every evenin’, when he got off at the mill

B E

He cleared the trees and brush away and leveled out some land

B F# B

Then he dug a hole and poured a slab with his own workin’ hands

Verse 2

He showed me a picture of a big house in a book

B F#

Said when we get it finished son, this is how it's gonna look

B E

Then he buckled on his tool belt and grabbed a two by six

B F# B

Said ya gotta frame a sturdy wall before you ever lay a brick

Chorus

( Tacet )B E B

He was hammerin’ nails, in our foun - dation

E F#

Buildin’ our home up good and strong

E B F# G#m

Stand the winds of life's temp – ta - tions

F# B

To build our house well he was a hammerin’ nails

Solo

B E B F#/A# G#m F#

Verse 3

B E

We worked with him on the weekends un - til our muscles hurt

B F#

Then momma would come and get us and take us all to church

B E

She read us from the Bible about Noah and the flood

B F# B

About John and Paul and Jesus and how he washed us in His blood

Chorus

E B

She was hammerin’ nails, in our foun - dation

E F#

Buildin’ our home up good and strong

E B F# G#m

Stand the winds of life's temp – ta - tions

F# B

To build our house well she was a hammerin’ nails

(S l o w l y)

F# B F#/A# B E B

Yeah, they raised us well by hammerin’ nails

U-G doesn't always include the correct chord voicings, I have

experiment with your own chord voicings. For the F#/A#, you may

opt to play a standard F# barre chord and omit the A# in the root,

or bass position. The chord voicing provided at the top of the

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