[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------------
[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]x [Dsus2]xxx xx[E]x [Dsus2]xxx Yeah! Yeah! xx[E]x [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
[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!
[Intro - BPM 92] Twice with riff > D - 2 2 2 0 ... A - 0 3 4 E 0 2 A 0 (equal time value) Play twice but finish early (2h3 then Snare) to play snare Hit and then play harmonica bit - also pluck with fingers so loud - also on the hammer on E-0h2 to then play the A chord, do a snare hit as well [Harmonica part] A E A A --A----------E---------A-------------A E 9--7--5----12-10-9---5-5-5-5--5-5--5 B 10-5--5----9---------5-5-5-5--5-7--5 G 9--6--6----9---------6-6-6-6--6-6--6 D X--7-------9---------7-7-7-7--7-7--7 A 0--0-------X---------0-------------- E -----------0------------------------
[Verse] There's a [A] loving in your [E] eyes all the [A] way [A] If I [A] listen to your [E] lies would you [A] say [A] I'm a [D] man without con [E] viction I'm a [D] man who doesn't [E] know How to [D] sell a contra [E] diction You come and go [D/B - 7x777x] You come and go (drum fill and stop) [F#m][E]
[Chorus] [A] Karma karma karma karma karm [E/G#] a chameleon [F#m] You come and go [Bm] You come and go [A/E] oh oh [E] oh [A] Loving would be easy if your [E/G#] colours were like my dreams [F#m] Red gold and green [Bm] Red gold and green [A/E] ee ee een [E]
[Verse] Didn't [A] hear your wicked [E] words every [A] day ....... [A] And you [A] used to be so [E] sweet I heard you [A] say..... [A] That my [D] love was an ad [E] diction When we [D] cling our love is [E] strong When you [D] go you're gone for [E] ever You string along [D/B - 7x777x] (bryan adams - tina - 7x777x) You string along (drum fill and stop) [F#m][E]
[Chorus] [A] Karma karma karma karma karm [E/G#] a chameleon [F#m] You come and go [Bm] You come and go [A/E] oh oh [E] oh [A] Loving would be easy if your [E/G#] colours were like my dreams [F#m] Red gold and green [Bm] Red gold and green [A/E] ee ee een [E]
[Bridge] [D] Every day is like sur [C#m] vival [D/B - 7x777x] You're my lover not my [F#m] rival [D] Every day is like sur [C#m] vival [D/B - 7x777x] You're my lover not my [F#m] ri [E] val
[Solo - Play intro again - variation] A E A A x 2
[Verse] I'm a [D] man without con [E] viction I'm a [D] man who doesn't [E] know How to [D] sell a contra [E] diction You come and go [D/B - 7x777x] You come and go (drum fill and stop) [F#m][E]
[Chorus] [A] Karma karma karma karma karm [E/G#] a chameleon [F#m] You come and go [Bm] You come and go [A/E] oh oh [E] oh [A] Loving would be easy if your [E/G#] colours were like my dreams [F#m] Red gold and green [Bm] Red gold and green [A/E] ee ee een [E] [Repeat Chorus x 3 - 2nd time marching - just bass drum and hard slap mute strum]
