The Hammer Song

The Hammer Song easy guitar chords by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

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Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 1

Capo

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Capo
  • F#m

    2
  • E

  • Em

  • D

  • G

  • F#5

    2
  • F#

    2
  • F#m

    2
  • E

  • Em

  • D

  • G

  • F#5

    2
  • F#

    2
  • Verse 1
    set 
    out 
    on 
    Monday 

    The night 
    was 
    cold 
    and 
    vast 

    My 
    brother 
    slept 

    Though I 
    left 
    quite 
    quietly 

    My 
    father 
    raged 
    and raged 

    My 
    mother 
    wept 

    Verse 2
    My 
    life 
    was 
    like 
    river 

    All 
    sucked 
    into 
    the 
    ground 

    And 
    then 
    the 
    hammer 
    came 
    down 

    Lord, 
    the 
    hammer 
    came 
    down 

    Verse 3
    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 
    ran 
    in 
    shame 

    Verse 4
    Then I came 
    upon 
    river 

    And 
    I laid 
    my 
    saddle 
    down 

    And 
    then 
    the 
    hammer 
    came 
    down 

    Lord, 
    the 
    hammer 
    came 
    down 

    Verse 5
    It 
    knocked 
    me 
    to 
    the 
    ground 

    And 
    said, 
    "Please, 
    please 

    Take 
    me 
    back 
    to 
    my 
    home 
    ground" 

    Lord, 
    the 
    hammer 
    came 
    down 

    Verse 6
    Now 
    I've been 
    made 
    weak 
    by vis
    ions 

    For 
    many 
    visions 
    did 
    I see 

    All 
    through the 
    night 

    In the seventh 
    hour 
    an 
    an
    gel 
    came 

    With 
    many 
    snakes 
    in 
    all 
    his hands 

    And 
    I fled 
    in 
    fright 

    Verse 7
    I pushed 
    off 
    into 
    the river 

    And 
    the waters 
    came 
    around 

    And 
    then 
    the 
    hammer 
    came 
    down 

    Lord, 
    the 
    hammer 
    came 
    down 

    Verse 8
    It 
    did 
    not 
    make 
    sound 

    And 
    said, 
    "Please, 
    please 

    Take 
    me 
    back 
    to 
    my 
    home 
    ground" 

    Lord, 
    the 
    hammer 
    came 
    down 

    Interlude 1

    Verse 9
    And 
    pushed 
    off 
    into 
    the 
    river 

    And 
    the 
    waters 
    swelled 
    around 

    And 
    then 
    the 
    hammer 
    came 
    down 

    Lord, 
    the 
    hammer 
    came 
    down 

    Verse 10
    It 
    did 
    not 
    make 
    sound 

    And 
    said, 
    "Please, 
    please 

    Take 
    me 
    back 
    to 
    hal
    lowed 
    ground" 

    Lord, 
    the 
    hammer 
    came 
    down 

    Verse 11
    And it threw 
    me 
    around 
    and 
    around 

    And 
    I said, 
    "Please, 
    please 

    Take 
    me 
    back 
    to 
    my 
    home 
    town" 

    Lord, 
    the 
    hammer 
    came 
    down 

    Verse 12
    And 
    knocked 
    me 
    to 
    the 
    ground 

    And I 
    got 
    down 
    on 
    my 
    knees 

    And I 
    said, 
    "Please, 
    please 

    Take 
    me 
    back to 
    my 
    home 
    town" 

    Lord, 
    the 
    hammer 
    came 
    down 

    Verse 13
    It 
    did 
    not 
    make 
    sound 

    And 
    said, 
    "Please, 
    please 

    Take 
    me 
    back 
    to 
    my 
    home 
    town" 

    Lord, 
    the hammer 
    came 
    down 

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