Chords for Sammy Hagar - When The Hammer Falls (1987) (Remastered) HQ

Tempo:
129.35 bpm
Chords used:

E

D

A

C#

Em

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Sammy Hagar - When The Hammer Falls (1987) (Remastered) HQ chords
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[E] [G]
[E] [A] [Em]
[E] [Em]
[A] [Em]
[E] [Em] [E]
[Em]
[A] [E] [Em]
[E]
[D]
[A] [E]
I'm dancing on the L.C. [D] land.
[A] [E] I'm looking inside.
I'm linking my stride.
I saw [D] the big new [A] one coming.
[E]
Now I'm scared of running.
[D]
[A] [B] I don't want to be.
I [G] don't want [A] to be.
I don't [G] want to be down.
I'm going to shoot my [E] phone.
[D] I [C#] [E] don't want to be.
[D]
[C#] When [E] the hammer falls down, [D] and the walls [C#] come down.
[B] When the hammer falls.
[Bm]
[E] [Em]
[A] [E] Yeah!
You got away with that [D] one.
[A] [E] Listen, you got away with nothing.
[D]
[A] [E] It was where the piggery swings, and the dog rings.
Not [D] again.
[A] [E]
Now I'm swinging your way.
[D]
[A] [B] I don't [A] want [B] to be.
I [G] don't [A] want to be.
I don't [G] want to be.
[E] [D]
[C#] [E] [D]
[C#] [E] When the hammer falls down, [D] and the walls [C#] come down.
[B] When the hammer falls.
[D]
[E] [Em]
[A] [Em] [E]
[G]
[A] [Em]
[B] Yeah!
Yeah, we [E] always think [B] everything is all right.
[E] The view [D] is all right.
[E] Looks [B] all right.
[E] Yeah!
[A] You never [E] know.
[D]
[A] [E] So you keep looking over your shoulder.
[D]
[A] Watch [E] it.
[D] Oh.
[Am] [E] So you're cruising [D] along.
[A] You might walk around [E] a corner sometime.
[D] Karma hits you in the [A] face like an [Em] 18 pound sledge.
[D]
[A] Yeah!
[E] [D]
[C#] [E] When the hammer falls.
Down.
[D]
[C#] [E] [D]
[C#] I don't want to be.
[C] [B] [Bm]
When the hammer [E] falls.
[D] Down.
[C#] [E] When the hammer falls.
Down.
[D]
[C#] [E] [D]
[C#] [C] [B] [Bm]
[E] When the hammer falls.
[D] Down.
[C#] [E] [D]
[C#] [E] [D]
[C#] [C] [B]
[Em] Yeah!
[G]
Key:  
E
2311
D
1321
A
1231
C#
12341114
Em
121
E
2311
D
1321
A
1231
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To learn Sammy Hagar - (Album Version) When The Hammer Falls chords, your practice should emphasize these chord progressions: D, C#, E, D, A and E. A strategic approach would be to train at 64 BPM initially, and then accelerate to the song's tempo of 129. Given the song's key of E Major, adjust the capo to align with your vocal range and chord preference.

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_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[E] _ _ [A] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ [E] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [A] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
I'm dancing on the L.C. [D] land. _
[A] _ _ [E] _ I'm looking inside.
I'm linking my stride.
I saw [D] the big new [A] one coming.
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _
Now I'm scared of running.
[D] _ _
[A] _ _ [B] _ I don't want to be.
I [G] don't want [A] to be.
I don't [G] want to be down.
_ I'm going to shoot my [E] phone.
_ [D] I [C#] _ _ [E] don't want to be.
_ _ [D] _ _
[C#] When [E] the hammer falls down, [D] and the walls [C#] come down.
[B] When the hammer falls.
_ [Bm] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ Yeah!
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
You got away with that [D] one. _
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ Listen, you got away with nothing.
[D] _ _
[A] _ _ [E] It was where the piggery swings, and the dog rings.
Not [D] again.
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
Now I'm swinging your way.
[D] _ _
[A] _ _ [B] _ I don't [A] want [B] to be.
I [G] don't [A] want to be.
I don't [G] want to be. _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [D] _ _
[C#] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[C#] _ [E] When the hammer falls down, [D] and the walls [C#] come down.
[B] When the hammer falls.
_ [D] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] Yeah! _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Yeah, we [E] always think _ [B] everything is all right.
[E] _ _ The view [D] is all right.
_ [E] _ _ Looks [B] all right.
_ [E] Yeah! _ _ _ _
[A] You never [E] know.
_ _ [D] _ _ _
[A] _ [E] So you keep looking over your shoulder.
[D] _ _
[A] Watch [E] it.
_ _ [D] Oh. _
[Am] _ _ _ [E] So you're cruising [D] along.
[A] You might walk around [E] a corner sometime.
_ [D] Karma hits you in the [A] face like an [Em] 18 pound sledge.
[D] _
[A] Yeah!
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[C#] _ _ [E] When the hammer falls.
Down.
_ [D] _
[C#] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [D] _
[C#] I don't want to be.
[C] _ [B] _ _ _ _ [Bm]
When the hammer [E] _ falls.
[D] Down. _
[C#] _ _ [E] When the hammer falls.
Down.
[D] _ _
[C#] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[C#] _ _ [C] _ [B] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ [E] When the hammer falls.
[D] Down. _
[C#] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[C#] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[C#] _ _ [C] _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
[Em] Yeah!
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _

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It's Sammy Hagar who authored this song.

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