Chord/Tab song: When All You Got Is A Hammer

INTRO: Am

There's a bible on the table
There's a [C]bottle on the shelf
There's a [F]woman in the [Am]kitchen
Crying [E7]quietly to herself

Down the [Am]hallway, in the bedroom
He can [C]hear his children wail
When [F]all you got is a [Am]hammer
[E7]Everything looks like a [Am]nail


Well he came home from the desert
With a [C]medal on his chest
Like a [F]hero, like a [Am]champion
But he [E7]felt more like a guest

Now he [Am]sleeps with one eye open
And he [C]wakes up scared as hell
And [F]all he's got is a [Am]hammer
And [E7]everything looks like a [Am]nail

CHORUS:
Well, they [C]show you how to shoot
And they [G]show you how to kill
But they don't [Dm]show you what to do
With this [E7]hole that you can't fill

So you [Am]dwell in the darkness of your soul
Like [C]Jonah in the belly of the whale
And [F]all you got is a [Am]hammer
And [E7]everything looks like a [Am]nail

INSTRUMENTAL: Am C F Am E7 (2x) Am


When a good man in a bad dream
Can't [C]make it on his own
When he [F]can't feed his own damn [Am]children
On the [E7]money that he brings home

And the [Am]deck is stacked against him
And he [C]knows he's bound to fail
And [F]all he's got is a [Am]hammer
[E7]Everything looks like a [Am]nail

CHORUS:
Well, they [C]show you how to shoot
And they [G]show you how to kill
But they don't [Dm]show you what to do
With this [E7]hole that you can't fill

So you [Am]dwell in the darkness of your soul
Like [C]Jonah in the belly of the whale
And [F]all you got is a [Am]hammer
And [E7]everything looks like a [Am]nail
Yeah, all you got is a hammer
E7 N.C. Am
And everything looks like a nail

OUTRO: Am