The Milk Carton Kids – No Hammer To Hold chords

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                             NO HAMMER TO HOLD - The Milk Carton Kids
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Tabbed by: MacheeooE-mail: macheeoo@yahoo.com

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# A7e|---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)                                                   Ge|-------------------------------------------------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):                        Ce|----------------------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                                                A7Clearly I've                                      Clearly I've
             G                                                 DNo 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                                       Ge|---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-------------------------------------|

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