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Bloody Hammer Tabs

(ver. 1)
Roky Erickson
[ch]Bm[/ch]                                    | [ch]A[/ch]                                     |
Demon is up in the attic to the left.  My eye turns to the left to say, "No".
[ch]G[/ch]                                     | [ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]F#[/ch]                |
You say, "First, I am a special one;    I never hammered my mind out.
                    |   [ch]Bm[/ch]    (1st, 3rd time:)           | [ch]A[/ch]
I never had the bloody hammer.     I never had the bloody hammer
                    |   [ch]G[/ch] 
I never had the bloody hammer.
		              |   [ch]Em[/ch]                             [ch]F#[/ch]
Never had the bloody,             never had the bloody
		              |   [ch]Bm[/ch]           |
Never had the bloody hammer.


[ch]Bm[/ch]             | [ch]A[/ch]                      |
I am the doctor; I am the psychiatrist,
[ch]G[/ch]                                                              |
to make sure they don't think or they'd hammer their minds out,
[ch]Em[/ch]                    [ch]F#[/ch]                        | [ch]Bm[/ch]           |
or that they'd have a, that they'd have a bloody hammer.


[ch]Bm[/ch]                            | [ch]A[/ch]                                          |
Second, I am the special one:  my eyes green & blue move safely unbegotten
[ch]G[/ch]                                          |
to the left to say, "No",
           [ch]Em[/ch]
while the others with their hair turned white
[ch]F#[/ch]                                         |  [ch]Bm[/ch]
each roll their eyes back to the top of their heads
                                           |  [ch]A[/ch]
and hammer the attic floor with a bloody hammer.
                      | [ch]G[/ch]
I never had the bloody hammer.
                      | [ch]Em[/ch]                         [ch]F#[/ch]
I never had the bloody,      never had the bloody,
                      | [ch]Bm[/ch]
never had the bloody hammer."


[Verse 1]


          | [ch]Bm[/ch]                                        | [ch]A[/ch]
It's not a sledgehammer, it's not a chisel, it's not a train,
                |  [ch]G[/ch]		             | [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch] |   [ch]Bm[/ch]        |  [ch]A[/ch]
but a thought of unlimited horror for    Dr. O'Chane. Dr. O'Chane
                    | [ch]G[/ch]
The baby ghost says, "Beat it with your chain."
                    | [ch]Em[/ch]                    [ch]F#[/ch]         | [ch]Bm[/ch]       |
The baby ghost says, "Drag your chain away,      Dr. O'Chane."


[ch]Bm[/ch]                            | [ch]A[/ch]
One bat in lightning,            One bat in rain.
[ch]G[/ch]                             | [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]F#[/ch]   | [ch]Bm[/ch]     |   [ch]A[/ch]
One bat lands wolfbane for            Dr. O'Chane. Dr O'Chane.
               | [ch]G[/ch]
The ghost says, "Beat it with your chain".
               | [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]F#[/ch]                |  [ch]Bm[/ch]                |
The ghost says, "Drag your chain away,           Dr. O'Chane."


[ch]Bm[/ch]                            |  [ch]A[/ch]
All bats are Dracula vampires,   Vampires in the rain
[ch]G[/ch]                             | [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]F#[/ch]   | [ch]Bm[/ch]         | [ch]A[/ch]
Vampires in the lightning for         Dr. O'Chane. Dr. O'Chane
                              | [ch]G[/ch]
The baby ghost in the 1900s says, "Beat it with your chain".
                    | [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]F#[/ch]                |  [ch]Bm[/ch]                |
The baby ghost says, "Drag your spoon, drag your chain away, Dr. O'Chane."


[Verse 1]
            
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