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                             NO HAMMER TO HOLD - The Milk Carton Kids
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Tabbed by: Macheeoo
E-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 (x32010@1) G (320003@1) F (133211@1) Am (x02210@1)C/B (x2555x@1)name="chord_xx0212@1">D7       G (320003@1) Em (022000@1)D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1)G/F# (320002@1)name="chord_x02020@1">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)
                                                   Ge|-------------------------------------------------3-------------------------| (320003@1)B|---3-2-0--2-0------------------------------------0-------------------------|
G|--------------2-------------------------------0--0-------------------------|
D|-----------------2/4~--0-2-4/5--53-3-2-----0----0-------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------0h2------2-------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------3-------------------------|

Guitar 1 (chords for solo):

C (x32010@1) G (320003@1)  F (133211@1)(F)  -->  C (x32010@1)VERSE 1

Guitar 1:                                          Guitar 2:

C (x32010@1)                                                (G)
I built ahouse (x02210@1)                                   I built ahouse (x02210@1)Am (x02210@1)                                               (Em)
Upon the hill                                      Upon the hill
G (320003@1)           F (133211@1)                                  (D)           (C)
All my love's inside                               All my love's inside

C (x32010@1)                                                (G)
I run around                                       I run around
Am (x02210@1)                                               (Em)
One day you will                                   One day you will
G (320003@1)                                                (D)
Come down                                          Come down
F (133211@1)                                                (C)
In aslide (x02210@1)                                        In aslide (x02210@1)
PRE-CHORUS

Am (x02210@1)             G (320003@1)          F (133211@1)                (Em)              (D)          (C)
Everything looks better in my dream               Everything looks better in my dream
Am (x02210@1)             G (320003@1)          D7 (xx0212@1)               (Em)             (D)          (A7)
Nine pounds' heavier than it seems                Nine pounds' heavier than it seems

Guitar 2 (Chorus Solo over D7/A7):
                        Ce|----------------------0-------| (x32010@1)B|---2-1-0--------------1-------|
G|----------2-1-0-------0-------|
D|-----------------2-0--0h2-----|
A|----------------------3-------|
E|------------------------------|

CHORUS
  F (133211@1)      G (320003@1)      C (x32010@1)   C/B (x2555x@1)  Am (x02210@1)               (C)      (D)       (G)  (G/F#)  (Em)
So take me back Minnesota in the snow             So take me back Minnesota in the snow
F (133211@1)       G (320003@1)       C (x32010@1)   C/B (x2555x@1)   D7 (xx0212@1)           (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 (133211@1)                                               (C)
Clearly I've                                      Clearly I've
             G (320003@1)                                               (D)
No hammer to hold                                 No hammer to hold

VERSE 2
  
C (x32010@1)                                              (G)
You keep alight (x02210@1)                                 You keep alight (x02210@1)Am (x02210@1)                                             (Em)
And burn both ends                                And burn both ends
G (320003@1)               F (133211@1)                            (D)               (C)
I live inside my mind                             I live inside my mind

C (x32010@1)                                              (G)
And you were right                                And you were right
Am (x02210@1)                                             (Em) 
I was wrong again                                 I was wrong again
G (320003@1)                      F (133211@1)                     (D)                       (C)
What will they say when I die                     What will they say when I die



PRE-CHORUS

Am (x02210@1)             G (320003@1)          F (133211@1)                (Em)              (D)          (C)
Everything looks better in my dream               Everything looks better in my dream
Am (x02210@1)             G (320003@1)          D7 (xx0212@1)               (Em)             (D)          (A7)
Nine pounds' heavier than it seems                Nine pounds' heavier than it seems

Guitar 2: SOLO CHORUS RIFF

CHORUS
  F (133211@1)      G (320003@1)      C (x32010@1)   C/B (x2555x@1)  Am (x02210@1)               (C)      (D)       (G)  (G/F#)  (Em)
So take me back Minnesota in the snow             So take me back Minnesota in the snow
F (133211@1)       G (320003@1)       C (x32010@1)   C/B (x2555x@1)   D7 (xx0212@1)           (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 (133211@1)                                               (C)
Clearly I've                                      Clearly I've
             G (320003@1)                                               (D)
No hammer to hold                                 No hammer to hold

F (133211@1)          G (320003@1)      C (x32010@1)  C/B (x2555x@1) Am (x02210@1)G (320003@1)         (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 (133211@1)         G (320003@1)                                  (C)          (D)
Cause I'm attacked                                Cause I'm attacked
       C (x32010@1)  C/B (x2555x@1) Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1)                               (G)  (G/F#) (Em) (D)
By this burning afterglow                         By this burning afterglow
D7 (xx0212@1)                                              A7Clearly (x02020@1)I've                                      Clearly I've
             G (320003@1)                                               DNo (xx0232@1)hammer to hold                                 No hammer to hold

VERSE 3

C (x32010@1)                                                (G)
I built ahouse (x02210@1)                                   I built ahouse (x02210@1)Am (x02210@1)                                               (Em)
Upon the hill                                      Upon the hill
G (320003@1)           F (133211@1)                                  (D)           (C)
All my love's inside                               All my love's inside

Guitar 2: Outro Solo
                                       Ge|---2-0-------------------------------3-------------------------------------| (320003@1)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!!!

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