NOTE: This Is Not My Own Work!! These are the tabs as found on the Mr. T Experience
"Yesterday Rules"... I just thought I'd Upload them for those who don't own the cd...
Big, Strange, Beautiful Hammer
This song is in B flat, but most of the guitar was played with a capo on the third fret,
though playing in G. The true chords are indicated below, with the fingered chords in brackets.
Intro: Eb [C] Eb/D [C/B] Cm [Am] x2
Eb [C] Eb/D [C/B] Cm [Am] Cm7 [Am7] F [D] F9/Eb [D9/C]
Bb/D [G/B ] F [D] F7 [D7]
Bb[G] (x1333x@1) Cm[Am] (x3101x@1)Discretion is a must, rising from the dust,
Eb[C] (x43121@3) Bb[G] (x1333x@1)on your feet but just a bit unsteady
Bb[G] (x1333x@1) Cm[Am] (x3101x@1)you want to close your eyes, be taken by surprise
Eb[C] (x43121@3) F[D] (133211@1)but not before you're absolutely ready
Eb[C] (x43121@3) Bb[G] (x1333x@1)so lay low, as time permits
Eb[C] (x43121@3) Bb[G] (x1333x@1)and you'll know it when it hits:
Eb[C] (x43121@3) Eb/D [C/B] Cm[Am] (x3101x@1)it's gonna sound like a big
Eb[C] (x43121@3) Eb/D [C/B] Cm[Am] (x3101x@1)it's coming down like a big
Eb[C] (x43121@3) Eb/D [C/B] Cm[Am] (x3101x@1) Cm7 [Am7]
it's gonna pound like a big, strange, beauti ful
F [D] F9/Eb[D9/C] Bb/D [G/B] F[D]
hammer
Bb[G] (x1333x@1) Cm[Am] (x3101x@1)You're feeling like a saint, powerful but faint
Eb[C] (x43121@3) Bb[G] (x1333x@1)like you want to call for an attendant
Bb[G] (x1333x@1) Cm[Am] (x3101x@1)heavy in your hand, courage on demand
Eb[C] (x43121@3) F[D] (133211@1)you feel safe, and strangely independent
Eb[C] (x43121@3) Bb[G] (x1333x@1)once baptized in pain and light
Eb[C] (x43121@3) Bb[G] (x1333x@1)you'd be advised to hold on tight
Eb[C] (x43121@3) Eb/D [C/B] Cm[Am] (x3101x@1)when you collide with a big
Eb[C] (x43121@3) Eb/D [C/B] Cm[Am] (x3101x@1)you coincide with a big
Eb[C] (x43121@3) Eb/D [C/B] Cm[Am] (x3101x@1) Cm7 [Am7]
filled inside with a big, strange, beauti ful
F [D] F9/Eb [D9/C ] Bb/D [G/B] F[D] F7[D7]
hammer
Eb[C] (x43121@3)it's coming down on you
Bb[G] (x1333x@1)it's gonna drive you home
Eb [C] Eb/D [C/B] Cm [Am] Cm7 [Am7] F [D] F9/Eb [D9/C]
Bb/D [G/B] F [D]
Bb[G] (x1333x@1) Ab[F] (xx1114@1) Eb7[C7] (x32310@4) Bb[G] (x1333x@1)hammer, hammer,
Bb[G] (x1333x@1) Ab[F] (xx1114@1) Eb7[C7] (x32310@4) Bb[G] (x1333x@1)big hammer, strange hammer
Bb[G] (x1333x@1) Cm[Am] (x3101x@1)Discretion is a waste, now you've had a taste
Eb[C] (x43121@3) Bb[G] (x1333x@1)you see yourself as well-maintained and polished
Bb[G] (x1333x@1) Cm[Am] (x3101x@1)existence is a test, we try to do our best
Eb[C] (x43121@3) F[D] (133211@1)but we're on a quest to be demolished
Eb[C] (x43121@3) Bb[G] (x1333x@1)it's your right, so don't be shy
Eb[C] (x43121@3) Bb[G] (x1333x@1)day and night you're smitten by
Eb[C] (x43121@3) Eb/D [C/B] Cm[Am] (x3101x@1)the might of a big
Eb[C] (x43121@3) Eb/D [C/B] Cm[Am] (x3101x@1)the blinding light of a big
Eb[C] (x43121@3) Eb/D [C/B]
in the night of the big, strange,
Cm[Am] (x3101x@1) Cm7 [Am7] F[D] (133211@1) F7[D7] (131241@1)beauti ful hammer
Bb[G] (x1333x@1) Ab[F] (xx1114@1) Eb7[C7] (x32310@4) Bb[G] (x1333x@1)hammer, hammer,
Bb[G] (x1333x@1) Ab[F] (xx1114@1) Eb7[C7] (x32310@4) Bb[G] (x1333x@1)big hammer, strange hammer
