The Hammerhead Bar chords by The Waterboys

Chords with lyrics

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

The song riffs around an E MajorE E7E7

[Verse 1}
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Anto took me down to Whistler's place

It was like a scene from a dream
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Tarantulas, drapes, magic mushroom cakes
    E MajorE
Sharks hanging from the beams
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Dave Ruffian was there with a sad-eyed girl

And the son of Ringo Starr
     D MajorD
It was a night like any other, man
    A augmentedA      A7A7        A6sus4
At the Hammerhead, the Hammerhead, the Hammerhead Bar

[Verse 2}
E MajorE
Four beer-bellied roadies from Uriah Heep

Were comparing stomach tattoos
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Two had Satan, one had Tam Paton
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One had a belt-shaped bruise
   E MajorE
In a spotlit corner a famous DJ

Was showing a starlet his scars
       D MajorD
Yeah it was all for one and one for all
    A augmentedA      A7A7        A6sus4
At the Hammerhead, the Hammerhead, at the Hammerhead Bar


[Verse 3}
E MajorE
Three groupies were gargling umbrella drinks

Under the eye of the Ox
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The first said to the second about the third
     E MajorE
"She's as square as a fucking box"
   E MajorE
Viv Stanshall turned up on cue

With a pickled skull in a jar
     D MajorD
There was always something intriguing to do
    A augmentedA      A7A7        A6sus4
At the Hammerhead, the Hammerhead, at the Hammerhead Bar

[Verse 4}
  E MajorE
The local MP, a Tory grandee
  E MajorE
Sir Bufton Fairbairn-Smart
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Who dressed like a cross between Robert The Bruce
    E MajorE
And Napoleon Bonaparte
   E MajorE
Was busy murdering Billy Joel's

"Just The Way You Are"
    D MajorD
It was business as usual, sunny boys
    A augmentedA      A7A7        A6sus4
At the Hammerhead, the Hammerhead, at the Hammerhead Bar

[Verse 5}
    E MajorE
On the stroke of midnight Whistler said
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"Let us now toast the deceased!"
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And he sank his snout in a stained-glass keg
  E MajorE
Of alcohol and yeast
  E MajorE
Nine Lithuanian dancing girls

Each sucking a fat cigar
   D MajorD
Jitterbugged along the beer-strewn top
    A augmentedA      A7A7        A6sus4
Of the Hammerhead, the Hammerhead, of the Hammerhead Bar


[Verse 6}
   E MajorE
Those days are gone, those dancing days
  E MajorE
Of bacchanal, of drink
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Whistler sleeps with mermaids
E MajorE
Groupies are extinct
   E MajorE
The famous DJ is doing time

For acts lewd and bizarre
  D MajorD
And only dust remains, boys,
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Of the Hammerhead, the Hammerhead, the Hammerhead Bar
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Of the Hammerhead Bar
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Of the Hammerhead Bar
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Of the Hammerhead Bar