The Hammer Song chords by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

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Verse 1
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 (F sharp minor) I     set out on Monday
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The night was cold and  (E major) vast  (F sharp minor) 
My brother slept
Though I left quite quietly
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My father raged  (E minor) and raged  (F sharp minor) 
My mother wept

Verse 2

My life was like a river

All sucked into the ground

And then the hammer came down

Lord, the hammer came down

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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 I ran in shame

Verse 4

Then I came upon a 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 I said, "Please, please

Take me back to my home ground"

Lord, the hammer came down

Verse 6
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 (F sharp minor) Now   I've been made weak  (F sharp major) by vis (F sharp minor) ions
For many visions did I see
All through the night
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In the seventh hour an  (F sharp major) an  gel  (F sharp minor) 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 a sound

And I said, "Please, please

Take me back to my home ground"

Lord, the hammer came down

Interlude 1

Verse 9

And I 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 a sound

And I said, "Please, please

Take me back to hallowed 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
Em 
And knocked me to  (E minor) the ground
D 
And I got down on my  (D major) knees
And I said, "Please, please
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Take  (G major) me back to my home town"
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Lord, the  (F sharp minor) hammer came down