The Hammer Going Down

Intro: Bm (4 measures)

Verse 1
Bm                          D
The sun's goin' down on me, thoughts
 of her keep hauntin' me,
G                    Bm          
desperation's takin' hold. My 
               D
hands are on the steerin' wheel, but
my heart's back in Louisville, at 
      G
the far end of a thousand miles of
Bm
road.

Chorus1
G                         Bm     
My mind's grindin' like a steel 
          G
gear baby, I've gotta cover some
A       G                        
ground, she'd know how hard and 
         D                 G
fast I'm fallin' for her if she
                A                  
could just hear sound, of the 
             Bm
hammer goin' down.

Verse 2
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Bm                               
Now I ain't  gonna waste my time 
D
talkin' on no pay phone line,
G                              
words just don't get the message 
   Bm
through. If this rig will hold out
                D                  
one more day, she'll hear me forty 
             G
miles away, tearin' in this four
                Bm
lane half in two.

Chorus2
G                       Bm       
My mind's grindin' like a steel 
          G
gear baby, I've gotta cover some
A       G                        
ground, she'd know how hard and 
        D                  G
fast I'm fallin' for her if she
                 A                 
could just hear sound, of the 
          Bm
hammer goin' down.

Solo after chorus 2nd chorus
G Bm G A G D G A Bm

Verse 3
Bm                            
Now she ain't just a truck stop 
          D
queen, she's the light guiding me,
G                        Bm
a thousand miles for her love. Well 
I'd go a million for one kiss,
D                                 
drive those pistons with my fist, 
    G
and do it all again if it ain't
Bm
enough.

Chorus3
G                       Bm       
My mind's grindin' like a steel 
          G
gear baby, I've gotta cover some
A       G                        
ground, she'd know how hard and 
         D                 G
fast I'm fallin' for her if she
                A                  
could just hear sound, of the 
            Bm
hammer goin' down.

Outrro
  G                 A             
...if she could hear sound, of the
              Bm
 hammer goin' down (2x)