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NO HAMMER TO HOLD - The Milk Carton Kids
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Tabbed by: Macheeoo
E-mail: [email protected]
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# A7
e|---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)
G
e|-------------------------------------------------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):
C
e|----------------------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 A7
Clearly I've Clearly I've
G D
No 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
G
e|---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-------------------------------------|
END!!!
