The Hammer Song
Nick Cave
The Hammer Song
This is the riff played by the guitar throughout the verse -
check record for exact rhythm.
I set out on Monday the night was cold and vast
(Guit Riff 1)
and my brother slept
and though i left quite quietly
my father raged and raged and my mother wept
now, my life was like a river all sucked into the ground
and then the hammer came down, Lord the hammer came down
Repeat until:
Then I came upon a river and I laid my saddle down
and then the hammer came down, lord, the hammer came down
it knocked me to the ground and I said "please please,
take me back to my home town", Lord, the hammer came down