Big Strange Beautiful Hammer Chords & Tabs
Big Strange Beautiful Hammer Chords
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] Cm [Am]
Discretion is a must, rising from the dust,
Eb [C] Bb [G]
on your feet but just a bit unsteady
Bb [G] Cm [Am]
you want to close your eyes, be taken by surprise
Eb [C] F [D]
but not before you're absolutely ready
Eb [C] Bb [G]
so lay low, as time permits
Eb [C] Bb [G]
and you'll know it when it hits:
Eb [C] Eb/D [C/B] Cm [Am]
it's gonna sound like a big
Eb [C] Eb/D [C/B] Cm [Am]
it's coming down like a big
Eb [C] Eb/D [C/B] Cm [Am] 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] Cm [Am]
You're feeling like a saint, powerful but faint
Eb [C] Bb [G]
like you want to call for an attendant
Bb [G] Cm [Am]
heavy in your hand, courage on demand
Eb [C] F [D]
you feel safe, and strangely independent
Eb [C] Bb [G]
once baptized in pain and light
Eb [C] Bb [G]
you'd be advised to hold on tight
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/mr_t_experience/big_strange_beautiful_hammer_crd.html ]
Eb [C] Eb/D [C/B] Cm [Am]
when you collide with a big
Eb [C] Eb/D [C/B] Cm [Am]
you coincide with a big
Eb [C] Eb/D [C/B] Cm [Am] 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]
it's coming down on you
Bb [G]
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] Ab [F] Eb7 [C7] Bb [G]
hammer, hammer,
Bb [G] Ab [F] Eb7 [C7] Bb [G]
big hammer, strange hammer
Bb [G] Cm [Am]
Discretion is a waste, now you've had a taste
Eb [C] Bb [G]
you see yourself as well-maintained and polished
Bb [G] Cm [Am]
existence is a test, we try to do our best
Eb [C] F [D]
but we're on a quest to be demolished
Eb [C] Bb [G]
it's your right, so don't be shy
Eb [C] Bb [G]
day and night you're smitten by
Eb [C] Eb/D [C/B] Cm [Am]
the might of a big
Eb [C] Eb/D [C/B] Cm [Am]
the blinding light of a big
Eb [C] Eb/D [C/B]
in the night of the big, strange,
Cm [Am] Cm7 [Am7] F [D] F7 [D7]
beauti ful hammer
Bb [G] Ab [F] Eb7 [C7] Bb [G]
hammer, hammer,
Bb [G] Ab [F] Eb7 [C7] Bb [G]
big hammer, strange hammer