If I Had A Hammer (The Hammer Song)
words and music by Lee Hays and Pete Seeger
Sung by: Peter, Paul and Mary, Elvis Presley
Trini Lopez, Arlo Guthrie, Pete Seeger
 

                      

Midi 1(Eb135)  Midi 2(D180)*   Midi 3(Eb160)
Midi 4(D180)*-harp

Tabbed by Mark Purintun 2-05
 For Diatonic harmonica

at the request of Susie Martin

Hear Trini Lopez perform this song
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Hilarious videos

Lead In: | 7 R -6 R | -5 r 6 6 R | 7 R -6 R | -5 r 6 6r 6 r |
        | 7 -6 | -5 6 | 7 -6 | -5 6 | 7 -6 | -5 6 | 7 -6 |
 Rr 5 5 5   6 -6    6  RRR R  6  -6 6  -6  6      5 RRR
| If I had a ham | mer,   | I'd hammer in the | morn(ing) |
 R 5   5  5   6  -6    6 RRR     R 6  -6 6  -6  6     5    Rr 6 6  6  6   6     7  7
| I'd hammer in the | eve(ning) | all over this a | land. | I'd a hammer out | danger, |
 Rr -6  -6 -6  -6 -6   -5  7    Rr -6  -6 -6  -6  -6    -6 R-6  6  r 6
|  I'd hammer out a | warning. |  I'd hammer out the | love between my |
   -6  -6   -6 -6  6          R -6  6    6 -6 6 -6 6     5  -6
| brothers and my sis(ters), | all ov | er th i is a | land.  |

| -5 6 | 7 -6 | -5 6 | 7 -6 | -5 6 | 7 -6 |

 -5r 5 5  5  6 -6    6 RRR  R 6   -6   6 -6  6      5 RRR    
|   If I had a be | ll,    | I'd ring it in the | morn(ing). |
 R 5    5   5  6  -6    6  RRR    R 6  -6 6  -6  6     6    Rr6  6 6  6 6    7  7
| I'd ring it in the | eve(ning) | all over this a | land. | I'd ring out | danger, |
 Rr-6 -6-6  -6-6    -8  7    Rr-6 -6-6  -6  -6    -6 R-6  6  r 6
| I'd ring out a | warning. | I'd ring out the | love between my |
   -6 -6    -6 -6   6        R -6  6    6 -6 6 -6 6     5  -6
| brothers and my sis(ters) | all ov | er th i is a | land.  |

| -5 6 | 7 -6 | -5 6 | 7 -6 | -5 6 | 7 -6 |

 -5r 5 5  5  6 -6    6 RRR  R 6   -6   6 -6  6    5  RRR
|   If I had a so | ng     | I'd sing it in the morn(ing), |
 R 5    5   5  6  -6    6 RRR      R 6  -6 6  -6  6     6
| I'd sing it in the | eve(ning), | all over this a | land. |
 Rr 6  6  6 6  6     7  7    Rr-6 -6-6  -6 -6   -8  7
|  I'd a sing out | danger. | I'd sing out a | warning. |
 Rr -6 -6 -6  -6 -6    -6 R-6  6  r 6    -6 -6    -6 -6    6
|  I'd a sing ou ut | love between my | brothers and my sisters, |
 R -6  6    6 -6  6 -6 6     5 -6
| all ov | er th is is a | land. |

| -5 6 | 7 -6 | -5 6 | 7 -6 | -5 6 | 7 -6 |

 -5r 5     5   5  6  -6    6 RRR  R 6  -6 6  -6 6    5 RRR
|   Well I've got a ham | mer,   | and I've got a | bell.  |
 R 5    5  5   6  -6     6 RRR R 6  -6 6  -6  6     6
| I've got a song to | sing   | all over this a | land. |
 Rr 6   6   6  6   6    7  7     Rr-6  -6   -6  -6  -6    -8  7
| It's the hammer of | justice, | and it's the bell of | freedom. |
 Rr -6  -6  -6  -6 -6    -6 R-6  6  r 6    -6  -6   -6 -6    6
| It's the song about | love between my | brothers and my sisters, |
 R -6  6   6  -6  6 -6 6     5
| all ov | er th is is a | land. |

 Rr5  5   5   5  5    7  7    Rr-6 -6 -6   -6 -6   -8  7
| I'd a sing out a | danger, | I'd a sing out a | warning.  |
 Rr-6 -6-6-6  -6    -6 R-6   6 r 6    -6  -6   -6 -6    6
| I'd a sing out | love between my | brothers and my sisters, |
 R -6 6   R 8  8-8  8 -8    8  RRR
| all ov | er this is a | land.    |
 R 8 8 -8 8 -8    8 RRR  R 8 8 -8 8 -8    8 RRR
| over this a | land    | over this a | land    |
 R 8 8 -8 8 -8    8 RRR  R 8 8 -8 8 -8    8 RRR
| over this a | land    | over this a | land    |
 R 8 8 -8 8 -8    8 RRR  R 8 8 -8 8 -8    8 RRR
| over this a | land    | over this a | land    |
 R 8 8 -8 8 -8    8 RRR  R 8 8 -8 8 -8    8 RRR
| over this a | land    | over this a | land    |

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