The Hammer Song chords by Nick Cave

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Verse 1
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I set out on Monday,
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F#m 
a night was cold and vast,
my brother slept.
Before I left, quite quietly,
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F#m 
my father raged and raged,
my mother wept.
My life was like a river,
all sucked into the ground,
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G 
and then the hammer came down.
F#m 
Lord, the hammer came down.
Many miles did I roam,
through the ice and through the snow.
My horse died on the seventh day.
I stumbled into a city
where the people tried to kill me
and I ran in shame
I came upon a river
and I laid my saddle down
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G 
and then the hammer came down
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F#m 
Lord, the   hammer came down
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Em 
It knocked me into the ground
D 
And I said now please, please
G 
Take me back to my home ground
F#m 
And oh, the hammer came down
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F#m 
I've been made weak by  visions
For many visions did I see
all through the night
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F#m 
In the seventh hour an angel came with many
snakes in all his hands and I fled in fright
I pushed off into the river
and the waters came around
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G 
and then the hammer came down
F#m 
Lord, the hammer came down
Em 
It did not make a sound
D 
And I said, now please, please,
G 
take me back to my home ground
F#m 
Lord, the hammer came down
F# 
And I pushed off into the river,
F#m 
and   the water swelled around
G 
And then the hammer came down,
F#m 
Lord, the hammer came down
Em 
And did not make a sound
D 
And I said now please, please,
G 
take me back to hallowed ground
F#m 
Oh, but the hammer came down
Em 
And it threw me around and around
D 
And I said now please, please,
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F#m 
take me back to my hometown
Em 
D 
And I got down on my knees,
and I said please,
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I said take me to my hometown,
F#m 
Lord, I had
I came down,
Em 
and I did not make a sound
D 
And I said, please, please
Take me back to my home ground
D 
F#m 
Lord, I can't, I came  down