Tuning: E A D G B E

The song riffs around an E E7 [Verse 1}

^EAnto took me down to Whistler's place It was like a scene from a dream ^DTarantulas, drapes, magic ^Amushroom cakes Sharks ^Ehanging from the beams ^EDave Ruffian was there with a sad-eyed girl

And the son of Ringo Starr

It was a ^Dnight like any other, man At the ^AHammerhead, ^A7the Hammerhead, t^A6sus4he Hammerhead Bar

[Verse 2}

^EFour beer-bellied roadies from Uriah Heep Were comparing stomach tattoos ^DTwo had Satan, one had Tam^A Paton O^Ene had a belt-shaped bruise In a ^Espotlit corner a famous DJ

Was showing a starlet his scars

Yeah it was al^Dl for one and one for all At the H^Aammerhead, t^A7he Hammerhead, at^A6sus4 the Hammerhead Bar

[Verse 3}

^EThree groupies were gargling umbrella drinks Under the eye of the Ox The ^Dfirst said to the second a^About the third "She's as ^Esquare as a fucking box" Viv S^Etanshall turned up on cue

With a pickled skull in a jar

There was ^Dalways something intriguing to do At the H^Aammerhead, t^A7he Hammerhead, at^A6sus4 the Hammerhead Bar

[Verse 4}

The ^Elocal MP, a Tory grandee Sir ^EBufton Fairbairn-Smart Who d^Dressed like a cross between ^ARobert The Bruce And Nap^Eoleon Bonaparte Was bu^Esy murdering Billy Joel's

"Just The Way You Are"

It was ^Dbusiness as usual, sunny boys At the H^Aammerhead, t^A7he Hammerhead, at^A6sus4 the Hammerhead Bar

[Verse 5}

On the ^Estroke of midnight Whistler said N/C "Let us now toast the deceased!" And he ^Dsank his snout in a ^Astained-glass keg Of ^Ealcohol and yeast Nine^E Lithuanian dancing girls

Each sucking a fat cigar

Jitter^Dbugged along the beer-strewn top Of the H^Aammerhead, t^A7he Hammerhead, of^A6sus4 the Hammerhead Bar

[Verse 6}

Those ^Edays are gone, those dancing days Of ^Ebacchanal, of drink ^DWhistler sleeps with ^Amermaids ^EGroupies are extinct The f^Eamous DJ is doing time

For acts lewd and bizarre

And ^Donly dust remains, boys, Of the H^Aammerhead, t^A7he Hammerhead, th^A6sus4e Hammerhead Bar Of the Hammerhead ^EBar Of the Hammerhead ^EBar Of the Hammerhead ^EBar

The Waterboys - The hammerhead bar