IntroADAADAADEADAADAADAADEEAVerse 1ADADA
Here we stand and here we fall
DEADA
History won't care at all
DADA
Make the bed, light the light yeah
DEAD
Oh Lady Mercy won't be home tonight yeah
ChorusA * EDA
You don't waste no time at all
DADA
Don't hear the bell but you answer the call
A * EDA
It comes to you as to us all yeah
DADA
We're just waiting for the hammer to fall
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ADAADAADEADAVerse 2ADADA
Oh every night, and every day
DEADA little piece of you is falling away
ADADA
But lift your face the Western Way
DEAD
Build your muscles as your body decays yeah
ChorusA * EDA
Tow the line and play their game yeah
DADA
Let the anaesthetic cover it all
A * EDA
Till one day they call your name
DADA
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
DAGDGD
(Oh no! Oh no!)
EmF#m
Lock your door but rain is pouring
G#mA
Through your window pane
DEm
(Oh no!)yeah
G#mAEm
Baby, now your struggle's all vain yeah yeah
InstrumentalA * EDDAADADAA * EDDAADADAAAAAAAADDVerse 3ADAD
For we who grew up tall and proud
ADEDA
In the shadows of the Mushroom Cloud
DAD
Convinced our voices can't be heard
ADEAD
I just wanna scream it louder and louder and louder
ChorusA * EDA
What the hell are we fighting for?
DADA
Just surrender and it won't hurt at all
A * EDA
You just got time to say your prayers
DADA
While you're waiting for the hammer to—hammer to fall.
OutroAD
Yeah! Yes.
ADEA
Let's get on the floor!
DAD
Hang on you know
ADEA
Yeah! Hammer to fall
DADADEA
Woo Hammer
DADADEA
Hey Yeah! Hey Woo
DAD N.C.
Ha Ha
ADADAA
While you're waiting for the hammer to fall.
N.C.
Give it to me one more time!
DADADEA
Ha Ha Ha
ADADAA
While you're waiting for the hammer to fall.
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