Hammerhead

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Album version of Hammerhead by The Offspring.
If you see chords written like this: G(Em), it means that you can play Em or G and it won't really differ.
I left them as a variable as I couldn't decide which chord sounds closer to the original.
I also used this (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23pAKuU-apw) instrumental version to clear up some points.

[Intro]
Em x12
Em D x8

[Verse 1]
G
I am the one
G
Camouflage and guns
G
Risk my life
                       Em D  Em D  Em D  Em D
To keep my people from harm
G
Authority vested in me
G
I sacrifice
                    Em D  Em D
With my brothers in arms

[Pre-Chorus]
Am           D(C)
Through this doorway
       Em
What's on the other side
Am    D(C)
Never knowing
  Em
Exactly what I'll find
Am
Locked and loaded
                       D
Voices screaming, let's go
G       D              Em
Come on do it, here we go

[Chorus]
     C                       G
I'll take a life, ten others may live
D                          Em
Oh, that's just the way it goes
     C                        G
I'll shut my eyes, it hammers in my head
D                      Em
Where it'll end nobody knows
     C                       G
I'll take a life, ten others may live
D                          Em
Oh, that's just the way it goes
             C             G
It's playing over and over in my head
D                      Em
Where it'll end nobody knows

[Instrumental]
Em D x4

[Verse 2]
G
Stay the course, reasonable force
                            Em D  Em D  Em D  Em D
I believe I serve a greater good
G
Smoke and dust, enemies are crushed
                               Em D  Em D
Nothing left, where a man once stood

[Pre-Chorus]
Am           D(C)
Through this doorway
       Em
What's on the other side
Am    D(C)
Never knowing
  Em
Exactly what I'll find
Am
Locked and loaded
                       D
Voices screaming, let's go
    G        D              Em
But I'm just doing what I'm told

[Chorus]
     C                        G
I'll take a life, ten others may live
D                          Em
Oh, that's just the way it goes
     C                        G
I'll shut my eyes, it hammers in my head
D                      Em
Where it'll end nobody knows
     C                       G
I'll take a life, ten others may live
D                          Em
Oh, that's just the way it goes
             C             G
It's playing over and over in my head
D                   G           D          *
Where it begins and where it'll end nobody knows

[Bridge]
* play tab from this moment:
e|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|-------------------------| x3
A|-------------------------|-3--3--3-----------------|
E|--5--5----5--3--3----3---|----------3-----0--3--4--|

e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|---------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
D|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|
E|-5-5-5-5-----------------| (Back to chords.)
                 - Hey,       go!

Am G C G(Em) x3

Am
Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh!
Am G C G(Em) x3

Am x4

Am             G       C      G(Em)
Bang, bang, it hammers in my head    x3
Am
In my head, in my head

[Play this tab again throughout the first part of brigde]
e|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|-------------------------| x3
A|-------------------------|-3--3--3-----------------|
E|--5--5----5--3--3----3---|----------3-----0--3--4--|

e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|---------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
D|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|
E|-5-5-5-5-----------------|

Yeah, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
I fear no evil for Thou art with me
Locked and loaded, gonna find my truth
Now I'm busting through, all hell breaks loose

Am          G          C         G(Em)
And you can all hide behind your desks now
Am          G              C           G(Em)  Am
And you can cry, "Teacher, come help me"
G           C       G(Em) Am
Through you all, my aim is true! My!

Am         G C G(Em)
Whoo-hoo!
Am         G C
Whoo-hoo!
G(Em)    Am    G C G(Em)
My aim is true!

Am x2

[Outro]
Asus2 Am x4
Am
My aim is true

Am G x4

Am

Hammerhead chords and lyrics

Free chords for Hammerhead by The Offspring. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

Album version of Hammerhead by The Offspring.
If you see chords written like this: G(Em), it means that you can play Em or G and it won't really differ.
I left them as a variable as I couldn't decide which chord sounds closer to the original.
I also used this (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23pAKuU-apw) instrumental version to clear up some points.
[Intro]
Em x12
Em D x8
[Verse 1]
[Pre-Chorus]
[Chorus]
[Instrumental]
Em D x4
[Verse 2]
[Pre-Chorus]
[Chorus]
Am G C G(Em) x3
Am G C G(Em) x3
Am x4
Yeah, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
I fear no evil for Thou art with me
Locked and loaded, gonna find my truth
Now I'm busting through, all hell breaks loose
Am x2
[Outro]
Asus2 Am x4
Am G x4
Am

Hammerhead Chords by The Offspring

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