The Hammer Chords

KeyEb CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays604

The Hammer by MotorHead is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Eb. It uses the chords Eb. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Eb
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16
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This is an amazing song, the last track on the classic 'Spades album 
(and one of my favourites). 
 
Tune down to Eb (half a step) 
 
x = pick slide 
/ 
/ = tremelo pick 
 
Riff A 
e|-----------------| 
B|-----------------| 
G|-----------------| 
D|-9-9-99127-7-777-| 
A|-7-7-77105-5-555-| 
E|-----------------| 
Where it says 'loose' in the song structure, play this 
muted in a 'laid back' style (listen to the song). 
 
Riff B 
e|-------------------| 
B|-------------------| 
G|-------------------| 
D|-4--4--4--7--9--7--| 
A|-2--2--2--5--7--5--| 
E|-------------------| 
 
Riff C 
e|-----------------| 
B|-----------------| 
G|-----------------| 
D|-4--5--6--7-8-9--| 
A|-2--3--4--5-6-7--| 
E|-----------------| 
 
Riff D              Fill 
e|-----------------|-----| 
B|-----------------|-----| 
G|-----------------|-----| 
D|-----------------|-----| 
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-x--| 
E|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----| 
 
Riff E 
e|--------------------------------------------| 
B|--------------------------------------------| 
G|--------------------------------------------| 
D|-4---4---4---4------------------------------| 
A|-2---2---2---2---5-------------------9-----| 
E|-----------------3-------------------7-----| 
                   / 
                   / 
 
Solo. (approximately) 
e|-------------------------------| 
B|-------------------------------| 
G|-------------------------------| 
D|-7--9--5--4--7--9--5-4-5-4-54--| 
A|-/--/--/--/--/--/--------------| 
E|-/--/--/--/--/--/--------------| 
 
e|-----------------------------------------------------| 
B|-----------------------------------------------------| 
G|-------------------------------------------7b7-5-----| 
D|-------0h3p0-5-------0h3p0-5-------0h3p0-5-------765-| 
A|-0-3-5---------0-3-5---------0-3-5-------------------| 
E|-----------------------------------------------------| 
 
 
Song Structure: Intro:- Riff A x 4 
                Verse:- Riff A x 8 
                        Riff B x 3 
                        Riff C 
                        Riff A x 4 
                        Riff D x 3 
                        Fill 
                Verse 
                Intro 
                Solo 
                Verse:- Loose under vocals 
                Riff A x 4 
                Riff A x 4 :- Loose 
                Riff B x 3 
                Riff E 
 
 
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Contribuição: Marco Matavelli([email protected]) 

    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

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