Tom: Am
INTRO: Am
There's a bible on the table
C
There's a bottle on the shelf
F Am
There's a woman in the kitchen
E7
Crying quietly to herself
Am
Down the hallway, in the bedroom
C
He can hear his children wail
F Am
When all you got is a hammer
E7 Am
Everything looks like a nail
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
Am
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:
C
Well, they show you how to shoot
G
And they show you how to kill
Dm
But they don't show you what to do
E7
With this hole that you can't fill
Am
So you dwell in the darkness of your soul
C
Like Jonah in the belly of the whale
F Am
And all you got is a hammer
E7 Am
And everything looks like a nail
INSTRUMENTAL: Am C F Am E7 (2x) Am
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
E7
On the money that he brings home
Am
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:
C
Well, they show you how to shoot
G
And they show you how to kill
Dm
But they don't show you what to do
E7
With this hole that you can't fill
Am
So you dwell in the darkness of your soul
C
Like Jonah in the belly of the whale
F Am
And all you got is a hammer
E7 Am
And everything looks like a nail
Yeah, all you got is a hammer
E7 N.C. Am
And everything looks like a nail
