[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!
[Violin Part Chords - Drums in - BPM 107] |C |Em (7th fret) |F (play Fsus2 at 8th fret) |C G | x2
[Verse 1] [C] Poor old Johnny [Em] Ray Sounded [F] sad upon the radio moved a [C] million hearts in [G] mono [C] Our mothers [Em] cried [F] Sang along, who'd blame them [C][G] [C] You're grown (you're grown up) [Em] so grown (so grown up) [F] Now I must say more than ever [C][G] (come on Eileen) [C] (Toora-loora- [Em] toora-loo-rye- [F] aye) and we can [C] sing just like our [G] fathers
[Fill] |G Gsus2 G Gsus2 |G Gsus2 G Gsus2 | [Chorus] [D] (Come on Eileen) oh, I [A] swear (well he means) at this [Em] moment you mean [G] (every [A] thing) With [D] you in that dress, my [A] thoughts (I confess) verge on [Em] dirty, ah come [G] (on Eil [A] een)
[Instrumental] A part play 9 10 on B whilst playing 0 11 9 10 9 then 12 10 12 10 on B to 11 on G |A |A | |C |Em |F |C G | x 2
[Verse 2] [C] These people round [Em] here wear+beaten [F]down eyes sunk in smoke-dried faces, so res [C] igned to what their [G] fate is but [C] not us (no never) no [Em] not us (no never) [F] we are far too young and clever [C][G] (remember) [C] (Toora-loora- [Em] toora-loo-rye- [F] aye) Eileen, I'll [C] hum this tune for [G] ever
[Fill] |G Gsus2 G Gsus2 |G Gsus2 G Gsus2 |
[Chorus] [D] Come on, Eileen, oh I [A] swear (well he means) Ah come [Em] on, let's take off [G] (everyt [A] hing) That [D] pretty red dress, Ei [A] leen (tell him yes) Ah, come [Em] on, let's, ah, come [G] (on, Ei [A] leen) That [D] pretty red dress, Ei [A] leen (tell him yes) Ah, come [Em] on, let's, ah, come [G] (on, Ei [A] leen) [D] Please...
[Chorus - Half speed - slow one then speeds up - D F#m G (D A)] [D] (Come on, Eileen, too-loo rye- [F#m] aye, come on) (Eileen, too-loo rye- [G] Now you have grown, now you have shown, [D] oh, [A] Eileen
[D] (Come on, Eileen, too-loo rye-aye, come on) [F#m]Come on, (Eileen, too-loo rye-aye, [G] Now I must say more than ever, [D] things round here have [A]changed
[Chorus] [D] (Come on Eileen) oh, I [A] swear (well he means) at this [Em] moment you mean [G] (everyth [A] ing) With [D] you in that dress, my [A] thoughts (I confess) verge on [Em] dirty, ah come [G] (on Eil [A] een)
[End] [D]
[Violin Part and Chords] [C][Em][Fsus2][C][G] E-3--5--3-----7--7--7---x--x--x--0h1-3---0h1--3-- B-5--5--5-----8--10-8---8--10-8------1--------3-- G-5--5--5-----9--X--9---10-10-10-----0--------0-- D-5--5--5-----9--9--9---10-10-10-----2--------0-- A-3--3--5-----7--7--7---8--8--8------3--------X-- E---------------------------------------------3--
