Grep to add tab character after first character?

Hello
Are any GREP wizards able to help with a question?
I am trying to add a tab character after the very first character in a line in a paragraph style. So for example I would like a tab after the I, D, O and N in the following poem ...
Incy Wincy spider climbed up the spout
Down came the rain and washed the spider out
Out came the sun and dried up all the rain
Now Incy Wincy spider went up the spout again
Thanks!

No worries, GREP is greedy by default as well
Use the same 'find' but change to
\t$0\t
-- where each "\t" is a Tab and "$0" is 'the text just found', i.e., what gets highlighted when you press "Find next".

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