IntroAD/AAAD/AAAD/AE/AAD/AAAD/AAAD/AAAD/AE/AE/AAVerse 1AD/AAD/AA
Here we stand and here we fall
D/AE/AAD/AA
History won't care at all
D/AAD/AA
Make the bed, light the light yeah
D/AE/AAD/A
Oh Lady Mercy won't be home tonight yeah
ChorusA * E/AD/AA
You don't waste no time at all
D/AAD/AA
Don't hear the bell but you answer the call
A * E/AD/AA
It comes to you as to us all yeah
D/AAD/AA
We're just waiting for the hammer to fall
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AD/AAAD/AAAD/AE/AAD/AAVerse 2AD/AAD/AA
Oh every night, and every day
D/AE/AAD/AA little piece of you is falling away
AD/AAD/AA
But lift your face the Western Way
D/AE/AAD/A
Build your muscles as your body decays yeah
ChorusA * E/AD/AA
Tow the line and play their game yeah
D/AAD/AA
Let the anaesthetic cover it all
A * E/AD/AA
Till one day they call your name
D/AAD/AA
You know it's time for the hammer to fallyeah
BridgeEmF#m
Rich or poor or famous
G#mA
For your truth it's all the same
DA5G5DG5D
(Oh no! Oh no!)
EmF#m
Lock your door but rain is pouring
G#mA
Through your window pane
DEm
(Oh no!)yeah
G#mA5Em
Baby, now your struggle's all vain yeah yeah
InstrumentalA * E/AD/AD/AAAD/AAD/AAA * E/AD/AD/AAAD/AAD/AAAsus4AA5Asus4AAsus4ADDVerse 3AD/AAD/A
For we who grew up tall and proud
AD/AE/AD/AA
In the shadows of the Mushroom Cloud
D/AAD/A
Convinced our voices can't be heard
AD/AE/AAD/A
I just wanna scream it louder and louder and louder
ChorusA * E/AD/AA
What the hell are we fighting for?
D/AAD/AA
Just surrender and it won't hurt at all
A * E/AD/AA
You just got time to say your prayers
D/AAD/AA
While you're waiting for the hammer to—hammer to fall.
OutroAD/A
Yeah! Yes.
AD/AE/AA
Let's get on the floor!
D/AAD/A
Hang on you know
AD/AE/AA
Yeah! Hammer to fall
D/AAD/AAD/AE/AA
Woo Hammer
D/AAD/AAD/AE/AA
Hey Yeah! Hey Woo
D/AAD/A N.C.
Ha Ha
AD/AAD/AAA5
While you're waiting for the hammer to fall.
N.C.
Give it to me one more time!
D/AAD/AAD/AE/AA
Ha Ha Ha
AD/AAD/AAA5
While you're waiting for the hammer to fall.
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.