Hard Hat And A Hammer

Alan Jackson

CountryAdvanced for beginners4 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

BDiagram coming soon

B7Diagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

 
              Intro 2x: E A B 
 
E               A           B 
Lace-up boots and faded jeans 
E                     A            B 
A homemade sandwich, a half jug of tea 
E           A         B 
Average Joe, average pay 
E                A         B 
Same ol' end and same ol' day 
 
          E                        A              B 
But there's nothing wrong with a hard hat and a hammer 
E                   A                  B 
Kind of glue that sticks this world together 
E                    A                     B7 
Hands of steel and cradle of the Promised Land 
                            ( E A B ) (2x) 
God bless the working man 
 
E              A        B 
All week long making a living 
E                 A          B 
Life keeps takin', he keeps giving 
E                A           B 
Behind the scene, below the grade 
E                 A            B 
Hardly noticed but part of everything 
 
                                  A              B 
But there's nothing wrong with a hard hat and a hammer 
E                   A                  B 
Kind of glue that sticks this world together 
E                    A                     B7 
Hands of steel and cradle of the Promised Land 
                            ( E A B ) (2x)  E A B7 
God bless the working man 
 
E                 A           B 
He gives his life then fades away 
E                A            B 
Another young man takes his place 
E           A         B 
Average Joe, average pay 
E           A           B 
Same ol end, same old' day 
 
           E                      A              B 
But there's nothing wrong with a hard hat and a hammer 
E                   A                  B 
Kind of glue that sticks this world together 
E                    A                     B7 
Hands of steel and cradle of the Promised Land 
 
         E                        A              B 
No, there's nothing wrong with a hard hat and a hammer 
E                   A                 B 
Kind of glue that sticks this world together 
E                    A                     B7 
Hands of steel and cradle of the Promised Land 
                            E  A 
God bless the working man 
 
      B          E  A 
The working man 
          B        E  A  B 
Oh, the working man 
E 
   and woman.

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Chord set

E · A · B · B7

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.