If I had a Hammer – On the Rocks

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by The Weavers

The “hammer” in this song is a metaphor for power, and a call to use that power to promote love and fight injustice. It’s a song that has endured through changing times because the message is constant.
Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul & Mary said in Performing Songwriter “The civil rights movement embraced If I Had A Hammer as a kind of an anthem, but that song was also sung very much as part of grass roots movements like the peace movement and the environmental movement. It is a song of empowerment, and songs that empower with the sense of elasticity so they can relate to the world as it evolves also will remain with us.”

[Intro]   - - - -  [ C G F G ]  4x
 
[Verse] - - - - - If I had a [C] hammer, [ G F G ]   I'd hammer in the [C] morning [ G F G ]  I'd hammer in the [C] evening, [ G F ] all over this [G] land.  I'd hammer out [C] danger,  I'd hammer out a [Am] warning.  I'd hammer out [F] love [C] between, my [F] brothers and my [C] sisters, [F] all [G] over this land  
[ G F G ] [ C G F G ]
 
[Verse] - - - - - If I had a [C] bell, [ G F G ] I'd ring it in the [C] morning.  [ G F G ] I'd ring it in the [C] evening, [ G F ] all over this [G] land. I'd ring out [C] danger, I'd ring out a [Am] warning.  I'd ring out [F] love [C] between, my [F] brothers and my [C] sisters, [F] all [G] over this land 
[ G F G ] [ C G F G ]
 
[Verse] - - - - - If I had a [C] song, [ G F G ] I'd sing it in the [C] morning, [ G F G ] I'd sing it in the [C] evening, [ G F ] all over this [G] land.    I'd sing out [C] danger, I'd sing out a [Am] warning.  I'd sing out [F] love [C] between, my [F] brothers and my [C] sisters, [F] all [G] over this [C] land.  
[ G F G ]  [ C G F G ]
 
[Verse] - - - - - Well I got a [C] hammer, [ G F G ] and I got a [C] bell [ G F G ]  And I got a [C] song [G] to [F] sing, all over this [G] land. 
 
STANZA:   It's the hammer of [C] justice,  It's the bell of [Am] freedom. It's the song about [F] love [C] between, my [F] brothers and my [C] sisters, [F] all [G] over this [C] land.  [ G F G ] 
 
REPEAT STANZA ONE TIME

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