Capo: 5 Tuning: E A D G B E

Song: When all you got is a hammer (Live acoustic) Artist: Gretchen Peters Composer: Gretchen Peters Album: Blackbirds Tabbed by DJ 31st Nov 2015 Live video of this song at this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76J3Dq7UN5s This tab is based more on Gretchen's live acoustic version, which actually has no instrumental verse, but I do include the chord progression for those who want to play along with the album version *. The bass guitar plays additional little runs on the album, which I haven't included here. CAPO: 5th fret (Will then sound in the recorded key of Am) Chord names and fret positions are relative to the capo: Em = 022000 C = 332010 G/F# = 2x0003 Emadd9 = 022002 Em/A = x02000 B7 = x21202 D = xx0232 G = 320003 B7/F# = 2x1202 Am = x02210 Please select a star rating for this tab, many thanks ============================================================================ [Intro]

||: ^Em/ / / / | / / / ^Em/A / :|| [x2]

[Verse 1]

There’s a ^Embible on the table, there’s a ^Gbottle on the shelf, There’s a ^Cwoman in the ^Emkitchen crying ^B7quietly ^B7/F#to her - ^B7self^B7/F#, Down the ^Emhallway, in the bedroom, he can ^Ghear his children wail, When ^Call you got is a ^Emhammer, ^B7everything ^B7/F#looks like a ^Emnail

[Verse 2]

Well, he ^Emcame home, from the desert, with a ^Gmedal on his chest, Like a ^Chero, like a ^Emchampion, but he ^B7felt more ^B7/F#like a ^B7guest,^B7/F# Now he ^Emsleeps with one eye open, and he ^Gwakes up scared as hell, And ^Call he’s got is a ^Emhammer, and ^B7everything ^B7/F#looks like a ^Emnail

[Verse 3]

^G/F#They ^Gshow you how to shoot, and they ^Dshow you how to kill, But they don’t ^Amshow you what to do with this ^B7hole that ^B7/F#you can’t ^B7fill,^B7/F# ^B7 ^B7/F#So you ^Emdwell in the darkness of your soul, Like ^GJonah in the belly of a whale, And ^Call you got is a ^Emhammer, and ^B7everything ^B7/F#looks like a ^Emnail

* [Instrumental Verse - on album version] Em G | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | C Em B7 B7/F# B7 B7/F# | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | Em G | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | C Em B7 B7/F# Em | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | Em | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | [Verse 4]

When a ^Emgood man, in a bad dream, can’t ^Gmake it on his own, When he ^Ccan’t feed his own damn ^Emchildren on the ^B7money that ^B7/F#he brings ^B7home^B7/F#, And the ^Emdeck is stacked against him, and he ^Gknows he’s bound to fail, And ^Call he’s got is a ^Emhammer, and ^B7everything ^B7/F#looks like a ^Emnail

[Verse 5]

Well, ^G/F#they ^Gshow you how to shoot, and they ^Dshow you how to kill, But they don’t ^Amshow you what to do with this ^B7hole that ^B7/F#you can’t ^B7fill,^B7/F# ^B7 ^B7/F#So you ^Emdwell in the darkness of your soul, Like ^GJonah in the belly of a whale, And ^Call you've got is a ^Emhammer, and ^B7everything ^B7/F#looks like a ^Emnail, Yeah, ^Call you got is a ^Emhammer, and ^B7everything looks like a ^Emnail! | / / / / |

[Coda] Em/A Em Em/A | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | Em Em/A Em Emadd9 | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / ||

Gretchen Peters - When all you got is a hammer