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Kate Bush-Running Up That Hill - sr - 0

[Intro - Original Key - Capo 3rd fret - don't bother live]
Just drums B BBS - BB(SS)BBS x 2
[Am]
Am goes to F which starts the figure

   [Am] [F]  [F]  [G]    [G]   [Am]   
e|-3-00-1-----3--1--3-----3--0--0-----00--0--
B|-1-11-1-----1--1--3-----3--0--1-----11--1--
G|-2-22-2-----2--2--2-----2--0--2-----02--2--
D|-2-22-3-----x--3--0-----0--0--2-----22--2--
A|-0-00-3-----3--3--x-----x--x--0-----00--0--
E|------1-----1--1--3-----3--3--x--------------
DR-B S  B  S  B  S  B  S  B  S  B  S B S    B

 [Am] [F]      [F] [G]    [G] [Am]
e|-3-3-1--------3-3-3------0--0--00--
B|-1-1-1--------1-1-3------0--3--11--
G|-2-2-2--------2-2-2------0--2--22--
D|-2-2-3--------x-x-0------0--2--22--
A|-0-0-3--------3-3-x------x--0--00--
E|-----1--------1-1-3------3--x------
DR-S   B  S  B  S   B S  B S  B  S
  
[Verse 1- Change over first part is Am to G alot] 
It doesn't  [F] hurt me. (oh  [G] yeah yeah  [Am] yoh)     
[Am] You wanna feel how it  [F] feels?   [G]      [Am]   
[Am] You wanna know, know that it doesn't  [F] hurt me?  [G]     [Am]   
[Am] You wanna hear about the  [F] deal I'm  [G] making? 
[F]      You-ooo [G] oooo ooh  [Am] ooh    ooh    ooh
its  [F] You and  [G] me-ee   [Am] ee ee ee
  
[Chorus] 
And  [F] if I only could, 
Make a  [G] deal with God, 
And  [Am] get him to swap our places, 
Be running up that  [F] road, 
Be running up that  [G] hill,
Be running up that  [Am] building.
If I only  [F] could....... [G] oh...      [Am] oh...

[Repeat 2nd half of intro riff]
[Am] [F] [G] [Am]
 
[Verse 2]
[Am] You don't want to  [F] hurt me, [G]    
[Am] But see how deep the bullet  [F] lies.  [G] 
[Am] Unaware that I'm tearing you a [F] sunder. [G] 
[Am] There is thunder in our  [F] hearts, ba [G] by.
[Am] So much hate for the ones we  [F] love?  [G] 
[Am] Tell me, we both mat [F]  ter, don't we?  [G] 
[F] You- [G] oo- [Am] ooo,
[F] You and  [G] me- [Am] ee,
[F] You and  [G] me won't be  [G] unhappy.
  
[Chorus]
And  [F] if I only could, 
Make a  [G] deal with God, 
And  [Am] get him to swap our places, 
Be running up that  [F] road, 
Be running up that  [G] hill,
Be running up that  [Am] building.
If I only  [F] could....... [G] oh...      [Am] oh...
[Repeat 2nd half of intro riff]
[Am] [F] [G] [Am]

[F]    You- [G] oo- [Am] ooo,
[F]  Its you and  [G] me-ee,  [Am] ee ee ee
[F]    You and  [G] me won't be  [G] unhappy.
  
[Bridge] 
[F]   'C'mon, baby,  [G] c'mon, c'mon, darling,
[Am]   Let me steal this moment from you now.
[F]   C'mon, angel,  [G] c'mon, c'mon, darling,
[Am]   Let's exchange the experience, oh...' 
[F] Oh-o [G] h-- [Am] oh,
[Repeat 2nd half of intro riff]
[Am] [F] [G] [Am]

[Chorus]
And if I only  [F] could, 
Make a deal with  [G] God, 
And get him to  [Am] swap our places, 
Be running up that  [F] road, 
Be running up that  [G] hill,
With no  [Am] problems
 
And if I only  [F] could,
Make a deal with  [G] God, 
And get him to  [Am] swap our places, 
Be running up that  [F] road, 
Be running up that  [G] hill,
With no  [Am] problems
 
[Repeat twice to end]
[Am]    Only  [F] could    be  [G] running up that hill  [Am]   

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Peter Gabriel-Sledgehammer

[Intro figures] 
With thumb and first 2 fingers 
Fret D14 and B17 in advance and keep fretted to ring
e ------------ 
B ---------17-17-- 
G ---14h16------16p14--- 
D 14------------------14 
A ------------ 
E ------------ 

[Pickup to start - BPM 96]
e -------------------
B -------------------
G ------------------ 
D -----------------
A -2p0--------------- 
E ----3p0------------

[INTRO WITH HORN RIFF] 
[E5]xxx   x[E5][Dsus2][E5] xxxx  xxxx(riff)
[E5]xxx   x[E5][Dsus2][E5] xxxx  xxxx(riff)
[Bb/D - x7555x]xxx x[C/E][D][A]   xxxx  x[A][A7sus4]
[B7sus4]xxx   xxxx   [B-x-9-9-11-12-x]xxx  xxxx
[E] Yeah - hey, [Dsus2] use it, [E] ... [Dsus2] everybody [E] use it! [Dsus2] 

[Drum fill to stop - play all Ds with snare]
[E].[E] [E][E][E][E](stop)

[Verse 1 - emphasise playing E on the snare and swing Dsus4 - x 2 3 &4]
You could have a [E] steam train, [Dsus2] 
[E] [Dsus2] If you'd [E] just lay [Dsus2] down your [E] tracks,
[Dsus2] You could have an [E] aero - [Dsus2] plane [E] flying,
[Dsus2] If you [E] bring your [Dsus2] blue sky [E] back,
[Dsus2] All you do is [C#m] call me, I'll be anything you [E] need [Dsus2] 

[E] [Dsus2]
[Drum fill to stop - play all Ds with snare]
[E].[E] [E][E][E][E](stop)

[Verse 2] 
[N.C.] You could have a [E] big dipper, [Dsus2] 
[E] [Dsus2] Going up and [E] down, all a - [Dsus2] round the [E] bends,
[Dsus2] You could have a [E] bumper [Dsus2] car [E] bumping, [Dsus2] 
This a - [E] musement [Dsus2] never [E] ends [Dsus2] 

[Chorus open chords as much as possible - 
breath backwards for Ah - Bm and C on consecutive beats]

I wanna be
[C#m][D/F#] ...... [F#min7] your sledgehammer, 
[C#m][D/F#] Why don't you [F#min7] call my name?
[C#m][D/F#]Ah! Oh, let me [F#min7]be your sledgehammer,
[C#m][D/F#] This will [F#min7]be my testimony
 
xx[E][Dsus2]xxx xx[E][Dsus2]xxx 
  Yeah!             Yeah!
xx[E][Dsus2]xxx [E](Drum fill to stop - strum D) 
 
[Verse 3] 
[N.C.] Show me round your fruit [E] cage, [Dsus2] 
[E] [Dsus2] 'Cause I will be [E] your [Dsus2] honey [E] bee,
[Dsus2] Open up your [E] fruit cage, [Dsus2] 
[E] [Dsus2] With a fruit [E] that is [Dsus2] sweet as can 
be [E] [Dsus2] 

[Chorus] 
I wanna be
[C#m][D/F#] .. [F#min7] your sledgehammer,
[C#m][D/F#]Why don't you [F#min7] call my name?
[C#m][D/F#]Hah! You'd better [F#min7] call the sledgehammer,
[C#m][D/F#] Put your [F#min7] mind at rest, I'm gonna be
[C#m][D/F#] [F#min7] your sledgehammer,
[C#m][D/F#] This can [F#min7] be my testimony,
[C#m][D/F#] Hah! I'm your.. [F#min7] . sledgehammer,
[C#m][D/F#] Let there [F#min7] be no doubt about it

[Vamp]
[Em] Sledge! [Dsus2]  [Em] Sledge [Dsus2] 
[Em] [Dsus2] [Em] Sledge [Dsus2] hammer!

[Pan Pipe section] 
[Em] [Dsus2] [Em] [Dsus2] - [C] ([C][C][C][D][A] [A7]
[Em] [Dsus2] [Em] [Dsus2] - [C] ([C][C][C][D][A] [A7]
I-keep-a---running!-

[Verse 4] 
[Em] I kicked the ha - [Dsus2] bit, 
(Kicked the ha - [Em] bit, kicked the ha - [Dsus2] bit!)
[C] Shed my skin, [A] (Shed my [A7] skin!)
[Em] This is the [Dsus2] new stuff, [Em] (This is the [Dsus2] new stuff!)
I come.. [C] . dancing in, we go [A] dancing [A7] in

[Verse 5] 
Oh, won't you [Em] ...show for [Dsus2] me? [Em] (Show for [Dsus2] me!) 
I will [C] ...show for you, [A] (Show for [A7] you!)
Please, [Em] ...show for [Dsus2] me, [Em] (Show for [Dsus2] me!) 
I will... [C] show for you! 
[A] Yeah - yeah! Yeah - yeah! (bass drum + snare - 8 hits)
 [A7] Yeah, I do mean [Em] you, 
[Dsus2] only [Em] you, you've been [Dsus2] coming [C] through,
A - gonna build that [A] power, 
[A7] build, build up that [Em] power, hah!
I've been [Dsus2] feeding the 
[Em] rhythm, huh, I've been [Dsus2] feeding the [C] rhythm,
Going to feel that [A] power, 
[A7] hey, build in [Em] you! Ahhhh!

[Coda] 
Come [Dsus2] on, come on, [Em] help me, do! Come 
[Dsus2] on, come on [C] help me, do!
[A] Yeah - yeah, yeah - yeah! [A7] Yeah - yeah, yeah - yeah, [Em] you!
I've been [Dsus2] feeding my [Em] rhythm, I've been 
[Dsus2] feeding my [C] rhythm,
It's what we're [A] doing, doing. [A7] .. all day and [Em] night,
Ah, come [Dsus2] on, come on, [Em] help me, do! Come 
[Dsus2] on, come on, [C] help me, do!
[A] Yeah - yeah, yeah - yeah! [A7] 
Yeah - yeah, yeah - yeah, [Em] you!

[End]
[Em]

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