Nick Cave - The Hammer Song

Riff 1 TAB:

E|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|
A|-----1--3^5-5-3-3-1-1-0----|
E|--3----------------------3-|

^ means slide. This riff is played with lots of delay added.

This is the riff played by the guitar throughout the verse -
check record for exact rhythm.

The bits in {} are bass bits for bass guitar!)

Gm {G F# F D G (lo)}
I set out on Monday the night was cold and vast
(Guit Riff 1)
and my brother slept
Gm
and though i left quite quietly
{ G F# F D F(lo)} (guit Riff 1)
my father raged and raged and my mother wept
Gm
now, my life was like a river all sucked into the ground
G# Gm
and then the hammer came down, Lord the hammer came down

Repeat until:

Gm
Then I came upon a river and I laid my saddle down
G# Gm
and then the hammer came down, lord, the hammer came down
F Eb
it knocked me to the ground and I said "please please,
G# Gm
take me back to my home town", Lord, the hammer came down