{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2355457,"song":"The Hammerhead Bar","artist":"The Waterboys","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11487401-the-hammerhead-bar-chords-by-the-waterboys/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2355457?type=chord","rating":0.1512,"votes":0,"content":"The song riffs around an E E7\r\n\r\n[Verse 1}\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnto took me down to Whistler's place[/tab]\r\n\r\nIt was like a scene from a dream\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nTarantulas, drapes, magic mushroom cakes[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSharks hanging from the beams[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nDave Ruffian was there with a sad-eyed girl[/tab]\r\n\r\nAnd the son of Ringo Starr\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIt was a night like any other, man[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]A7[/ch]               [ch]A6sus4[/ch]\r\nAt the Hammerhead, the Hammerhead, the Hammerhead Bar[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2}\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nFour beer-bellied roadies from Uriah Heep[/tab]\r\n\r\nWere comparing stomach tattoos\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nTwo had Satan, one had Tam Paton[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOne had a belt-shaped bruise[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nIn a spotlit corner a famous DJ[/tab]\r\n\r\nWas showing a starlet his scars\r\n[tab]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYeah it was all for one and one for all[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]A7[/ch]               [ch]A6sus4[/ch]\r\nAt the Hammerhead, the Hammerhead, at the Hammerhead Bar[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3}\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nThree groupies were gargling umbrella drinks[/tab]\r\n\r\nUnder the eye of the Ox\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe first said to the second about the third[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\"She's as square as a fucking box\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nViv Stanshall turned up on cue[/tab]\r\n\r\nWith a pickled skull in a jar\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThere was always something intriguing to do[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]A7[/ch]               [ch]A6sus4[/ch]\r\nAt the Hammerhead, the Hammerhead, at the Hammerhead Bar[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4}\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThe local MP, a Tory grandee[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSir Bufton Fairbairn-Smart[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWho dressed like a cross between Robert The Bruce[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd Napoleon Bonaparte[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWas busy murdering Billy Joel's[/tab]\r\n\r\n\"Just The Way You Are\"\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIt was business as usual, sunny boys[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]A7[/ch]               [ch]A6sus4[/ch]\r\nAt the Hammerhead, the Hammerhead, at the Hammerhead Bar[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 5}\r\n[tab]       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOn the stroke of midnight Whistler said[/tab]\r\nN/C\r\n\"Let us now toast the deceased!\"\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd he sank his snout in a stained-glass keg[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOf alcohol and yeast[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nNine Lithuanian dancing girls[/tab]\r\n\r\nEach sucking a fat cigar\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nJitterbugged along the beer-strewn top[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]A7[/ch]               [ch]A6sus4[/ch]\r\nOf the Hammerhead, the Hammerhead, of the Hammerhead Bar[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 6}\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThose days are gone, those dancing days[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOf bacchanal, of drink[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWhistler sleeps with mermaids[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nGroupies are extinct[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThe famous DJ is doing time[/tab]\r\n\r\nFor acts lewd and bizarre\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd only dust remains, boys,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]A7[/ch]               [ch]A6sus4[/ch]\r\nOf the Hammerhead, the Hammerhead, the Hammerhead Bar[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOf the Hammerhead Bar[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOf the Hammerhead Bar[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOf the Hammerhead Bar[/tab]","plain_text":"The song riffs around an E E7\n\n[Verse 1}\n\n\nIt was like a scene from a dream\n\n\n\n\nAnd the son of Ringo Starr\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2}\n\n\nWere comparing stomach tattoos\n\n\n\n\nWas showing a starlet his scars\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3}\n\n\nUnder the eye of the Ox\n\n\n\n\nWith a pickled skull in a jar\n\n\n\n[Verse 4}\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\"Just The Way You Are\"\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5}\n\nN/C\n\"Let us now toast the deceased!\"\n\n\n\n\nEach sucking a fat cigar\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6}\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFor acts lewd and bizarre","chords":["E","E7","D","A","A7","A6sus4","C"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}