Hammerhead chords by The Offspring

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 4th

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: G# minorG#m

Difficulty: Novice


Intro:
E minorEm x12
E minorEm D MajorD x8

Verse 1:
G+G
I am the one
G+G
Camouflage and guns
G+G
Risk my life
            E minorEm D MajorD E minorEm D MajorD E minorEm D MajorD E minorEm D MajorD
To keep my people from harm
G+G
Authority vested in me
G+G
I sacrifice
          E minorEm D MajorD E minorEm D MajorD
With my brothers in arms

Pre-Chorus:
A minorAm      D(C majorC)
Through this doorway
    E minorEm
What's on the other side
A minorAm  D(C majorC)
Never knowing
 E minorEm
Exactly what I'll find
A minorAm
Locked and loaded
            D MajorD
Voices screaming, let's go
G+G    D MajorD       E minorEm
Come on do it, here we go

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

Instrumental:
E minorEm D MajorD x4

Verse 2:
G+G
Stay the course, reasonable force
              E minorEm D MajorD E minorEm D MajorD E minorEm D MajorD E minorEm D MajorD
I believe I serve a greater good
G+G
Smoke and dust, enemies are crushed
                E minorEm D MajorD E minorEm D MajorD
Nothing left, where a man once stood

Pre-Chorus:
A minorAm      D(C majorC)
Through this doorway
    E minorEm
What's on the other side
A minorAm  D(C majorC)
Never knowing
 E minorEm
Exactly what I'll find
A minorAm
Locked and loaded
            D MajorD
Voices screaming, let's go
  G+G    D MajorD       E minorEm
But I'm just doing what I'm told

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

Bridge:
* play tab from this moment:
e|-------------------------|-------------------------|
BB|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G+G|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D MajorD|-------------------------|-------------------------| x3
A augmentedA|-------------------------|-3--3--3-----------------|
E MajorE|--5--5----5--3--3----3---|----------3-----0--3--4--|

e|-------------------------|
BB|-------------------------|
G+G|---------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
D MajorD|-------------------------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------|
E MajorE|-5-5-5-5-----------------| (Back to chords.)
         - Hey,    go!

A minorAm G+G C majorC G(E minorEm) x3

A minorAm
Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh!
A minorAm G+G C majorC G(E minorEm) x3

A minorAm x4

A minorAm       G+G    C majorC   G(E minorEm)
Bang, bang, it hammers in my head  x3
A minorAm
In my head, in my head

Play this tab again throughout the first part of brigde:
e|-------------------------|-------------------------|
BB|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G+G|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D MajorD|-------------------------|-------------------------| x3
A augmentedA|-------------------------|-3--3--3-----------------|
E MajorE|--5--5----5--3--3----3---|----------3-----0--3--4--|

e|-------------------------|
BB|-------------------------|
G+G|---------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
D MajorD|-------------------------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------|
E MajorE|-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

A minorAm     G+G     C majorC     G(E minorEm)
And you can all hide behind your desks now
A minorAm     G+G       C majorC      G(E minorEm) A minorAm
And you can cry, "Teacher, come help me"
G+G      C majorC    G(E minorEm) A minorAm
Through you all, my aim is true! My!

A minorAm     G+G C majorC G(E minorEm)
Whoo-hoo!
A minorAm     G+G C majorC
Whoo-hoo!
G(E minorEm)  A minorAm  G+G C majorC G(E minorEm)
My aim is true!

A minorAm x2

Outro:
Asus2Asus2 A minorAm x4
A minorAm
My aim is true

A minorAm G+G x4

A minorAm

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