Nine Pound Hammer Tabs & Lyrics by Townes Van Zandt

Nine Pound Hammer

guitar tabs lyrics

Townes Van Zandt

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NINE POUND HAMMER - Townes Van Zandt
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Tabbed by: wrnking

From the album "Live At The Old Quarter"

Tuning: standard
capo on 4th

e|------------3-----------------------|--------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
G|--0---0---0-----0-----0---0h2-------|--------------------------------------|
D|------0-------0-------0-------0-----|--------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
E|--3-------3-------3-------3---------|--------------------------------------|

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +


INTRO (2X)
e|--------------------0---0-----------|--------------------------------------|
B|--1-----1---1---1-----------3-------|-------------3---1--------------------|
G|------0-------0-------0-------0-----|-----2-------------------2---2--------|
D|------------------------------------|-------3-------3-------3-------0------|
A|--3---------------3-----------------|--------------------------------------|
E|----------3---------------3---------|---1-------1-------1-------1----------|

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +


e|----------3-0-------------0---------|-----0-------0------------------------|
B|------------------0---3-----3-------|---1-----1-------1---1---1---1--------|
G|--------0-----------0---------------|-------0-------0----------------------|
D|------2-------2-------0-------0-----|-------------------------------0------|
A|--3-------3-------------------------|---3---------------3------------------|
E|------------------3-------3---------|-----------3-----------3---3----------|

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +


VERSE (repeated many times)
e|----0-------0-------0-----0---------|--------------------------------------|
B|--------1-------1-------1---3-------|---1---------3-----1-----1------------|
G|------0-------0-------0-------0-----|---------2-------------------2--------|
D|------------------------------------|-------3-------3-------3-------3------|
A|--3---------------3-----------------|--------------------------------------|
E|----------3---------------3---------|---1-------1-------1-------1----------|

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +


e|----------3-0-------------0---------|-----0------0-------------------------|
B|------------------------3---3-------|---1-----1-------1--------------------|
G|--------0---------0-----------------|-------0-------0-----0-------0--------|
D|------2-------2-------0-------0-----|-------------------------------0------|
A|--3-------3-------------------------|---3---------------3------------------|
E|------------------3-------3---------|-----------3-----------3---3----------|

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +


BRIDGE (played once, then go back to verse)
e|----0-------0-----0---------0-------|--------------------------------------|
B|--------1-------1---3---1-----------|---1---------1------3----1------------|
G|------0-------0-------0-------0-----|--------h2-------------------2--------|
D|------------------------------------|-------3-------3-------3-------3------|
A|--3---------------3-----------------|--------------------------------------|
E|----------3---------------3---------|---1-------1-------1-------1----------|

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +


e|----------3-0-----------------------|-----0-------0-------3-------3--------|
B|------------------0-----------------|---1-----1-------1--------------------|
G|--------0-----------0-------2-------|-------0-------0-------0-------0------|
D|------2-------2-------0-------0-----|--------------------------------------|
A|--3-------3-------------------------|---3---------------3------------------|
E|------------------3-------3---------|-----------3---------------3----------|

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +


e|--3-----0-----------0---------------|--------------------------------------|
B|------------------------3---1-------|---1-----------------1-------1--------|
G|------0-------0-------0-------0-----|---------2-----------------2----------|
D|------------------------------------|-------3-------3-------3-------3------|
A|--3-------3-------3-------3---------|--------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|---1-------1-------1-------1----------|

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +


e|--------------0-------------0-------|-----0------0-------------------------|
B|--------1---------0-----3-----------|---1-----1-------1--------------------|
G|--0---------------------------------|-------0-------0-----0-------0--------|
D|------2-------2-------0-------0-----|-------------------------------0------|
A|--3-------3-------------------------|---3---------------3------------------|
E|------------------3-------3---------|-----------3-----------3---3----------|

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +


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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend

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