The Hammer Song Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[F#m]I set out on Monday
The night was cold [E]and [F#m]vast
My brother slept
Though I left quite quietly
My father [Em]raged [F#m]and raged
My mother wept

[Verse 2]
My [F#m]life was like a river
All sucked into the ground
And [D]then the hammer came [G]down
Lord, the [F#m]hammer came down

[Verse 3]
[F#m]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]
[F#m]Then I came upon a river
And I laid my saddle down
And then the [D]hammer [G]came down
[F#m]Lord, the hammer came [F#5]down[F#m]

[Verse 5]
It knocked me [E]to [Em]the ground
And I said, [D]"Please, please
Take me back to [G]my home ground"
Lord, the [F#m]hammer came down

[Verse 6]
[F#m]Now I've been made we[F#]ak by visio[F#m]ns
For many visions did I see
All through the night
In the seventh hour an [F#]an gel ca[F#m]me
With many snakes in all his hands
And I fled in fright

[Verse 7]
I pushed [F#m]off into the river
And the waters came around
And then the [D]hammer came [G]down
[F#m]Lord, the hammer came down

[Verse 8]
It did not [Em]make a sound
And I said, [D]"Please, please
Take me back to [G]my home ground"
Lord, the [F#m]hammer came down

[Interlude 1]
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[Verse 9]
And I pushed [F#m]off into the ri[F#]ver
[F#m]And the waters swelled around
And then the [G]hammer came down
Lord, the [F#m]hammer came down

[Verse 10]
It did not [Em]make a sound
And I said, [D]"Please, please
Take me back to hal[G]lowed ground"
Lord, the [F#m]hammer came down

[Verse 11]
And it threw me [Em]around and around
And I said, [D]"Please, please
Take me back to [G]my home town"
Lord, the [F#m]hammer came down

[Verse 12]
And knocked me [Em]to the ground
And I got down on my [D]knees
And I said, "Please, please
[G]Take me back to my home town"
Lord, the [F#m]hammer came down

[Verse 13]
It did not [Em]make a sound
And I [D]said, "Please, please
Take me back to my home town"
Lord, [D]the hammer [F#m]came down