[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 - key pads - BPM 172 - E = 476454 before move to other chords] E x x B A x x E B x x E A x E B
[Keyboard riff x 2 then 3rd time with drums - WHISTLE OVER TOP SOMETIMES HARMONIES] E x x x - A x x x - B x x x - A x B x
[Verse 1] [E] Here comes Johnny singing oldies, goldies BeBopALula, Baby What I Say Here comes Johnny singing I Gotta Woman Down in the tunnels, trying to make it pay [A] He got the action, he got the motion [E] Oh yeah, the boy can play [A] Dedication, devotion (drums just to bass drum) [E] Turning all the night time into the day
[Chorus - Stevie Ray - play G# on low E going to B] He do the [E] song about the sweet lovin' [B] woman He do the [E] song about the knife [A] Well, he do the [E] walk, [B] do the walk of life [A] Yeah, [B7] he do the walk of life [E]
[Interlude - keyboard riff] E x x x - A x x x - B x x x - A x B x Wo ho hoo bit
[Verse 2] [E] Here comes Johnny and he'll tell you the story Hand me down my walkin' shoes Here comes Johnny with the power and the glory Backbeat the talkin' blues [A] He got the action, he got the motion [E] Oh yeah, the boy can play [A] Dedication, devotion (drums just to bass drum) [E] Turning all the night time into the day
[Chorus] He do the [E] song about the sweet lovin' [B] woman He do the [E] song about the knife [A] Well, he do the [E] walk, [B] do the walk of life [A] Yeah, [B7] he do the walk of life [E]
[Interlude - Keyboard Riff] E x x x - A x x x - B x x x - A x B x Wo ho hoo bit
[Verse 3] [E] Here comes Johnny singing oldies, goldies BeBopALula, Baby What I Say Here comes Johnny singng I Gotta Woman Down in the tunnels, trying to make it pay [A] He got the action, he got the motion [E] Oh yeah, the boy can play [A] Dedication, devotion (drums just to bass drum) [E] Turning all the night time into the day
[Chorus] And [E] after all the violence and [B] double talk There's just a [E] song in all the trouble and the [A] strife You do the [E] walk, yeah, [B] you do the walk of life [A] Mmm, [B7] you do the walk of life [E]
[Outro] E x x x - A x x x - B x x x - A x B x Wo ho hoo bit (repeat until end) [End]
[Notes] v1 - 2 - proximity, v2 - 3 for some bits 'oh yeah' and 'turning..' [Tab for intro - CHECK THIS] [E][A][B][A][B] E ----------------------------------7--------7----------------7--------7----- B -9----9-12---9-----5--------5--7--7--7--9----9--7---5-------7--7--9----9--7 G -9--11---------11--6--------------8-----------------6-------8-------------- D -9-----------------7--------------9-----------------7-------9-------------- A -------------------0--------------9-------------------------9-------------- E -0--------------------------------7-------------------------7--------------
