With horn riff - use first finger and thumb to play notes, and tap the snare on the bottom sound board [Intro figures - DROP D - freely - Original key - Capo 1] With thumb and first 2 fingers Fret D12 and B15 in advance and keep fretted to ring e ------------ B ---------15-15-- G ---12h14------14p12--- D 12------------------12 A ------------ E ------------
[Pickup to start - BPM 96] Mute D string with first finger on L/H when fretting 7th fret so can hit the note hard to get it to ring out Flick both pull offs to start, then flick first only so can play snare on second pull off but mute D string so can hit hard 1ST AND 3RD FINTER FOR FIRST CHORD SO CAN USE 2ND FINGER FOR 3 TO 0 PULL OFF e ------------------- B ------------------- G -2p0----------------- D ----3p0------------- A ------------------- E -------------------
[INTRO WITH HORN RIFF] [D5]xxx x[D5][Cadd9][D5] xxxx xxxx(riff) [D5]xxx x[D5][Cadd9][D5] xxxx xxxx(riff) [Bb/D - x5333x]xxx x[Bb/D][C][G - 555xxx] xxxx x[G7][G]x (play F to G instead - 333xxx 555xxx) [A7sus4 - x02030]xxx xxxx [A-x0x10910]xxx xxxx [D] Yeah - hey, [Cadd9] use it, [D] ... [Cadd9] everybody [D] use it! [Cadd9]
[Drum fill to stop - play all Ds with snare] [D].[D][D][D][D]. [D](stop)
[Verse 1 - emphasise playing D on the snare and swing Cadd9 - x 2 3 &4] You could have a [D] steam train, [Cadd9] [D][Cadd9] If you'd [D] just lay [Cadd9] down your [D] tracks, [Cadd9] You could have an [D] aero - [Cadd9] plane [D] flying, [Cadd9] If you [D] bring your [Cadd9] blue sky [D] back, [Cadd9] All you do is [Bm] call me, I'll be anything you [D] need [Cadd9]
[D][Cadd9] [Drum fill to stop - play all Ds with snare] [D].[D][D][D][D]. [D](stop)
[Verse 2] [N.C.] You could have a [D] big dipper, [Cadd9] [D][Cadd9] Going up and [D] down, all a - [Cadd9] round the [D] bends, [Cadd9] You could have a [D] bumper [Cadd9] car [D] bumping, [Cadd9] This a - [D] musement [Cadd9] never [D] ends [Cadd9]
[Chorus open chords as much as possible - breath backwards for Ah - Bm and C on consecutive beats] I wanna be [Bm][C] ...... [Em7] your sledgehammer, [Bm][C] Why don't you [Em7] call my name? [Bm][C]Ah! Oh, let me [Em7]be your sledgehammer, [Bm][C] This will [Em7]be my testimony
xx[D]x [Cadd9]xxx xx[D]x [Cadd9]xxx Yeah! Yeah! xx[D]x [Cadd9]xxx [D](Drum fill to stop - strum D)
[Verse 3] [N.C.] Show me round your fruit [D] cage, [Cadd9] [D][Cadd9] 'Cause I will be [D] your [Cadd9] honey [D] bee, [Cadd9] Open up your [D] fruit cage, [Cadd9] [D][Cadd9] With a fruit [D] that is [Cadd9] sweet as can be [D][Cadd9]
[Chorus] I wanna be [Bm][C] .. [Em7] your sledgehammer, [Bm][C] Why don't you [Em7] call my name? [Bm][C]Hah! You'd better [Em7] call the sledgehammer, [Bm][C] Put your [Em7] mind at rest, I'm gonna be [Bm][C][Em7] your sledgehammer, [Bm][C] This can [Em7] be my testimony, [Bm][C] Hah! I'm your.. [Em7] . sledgehammer, [Bm][C] Let there [Em7] be no doubt about it
[Verse 4 - think just Dm C Dm C Bb Bb G G pattern til end] [Dm] I kicked the ha - [Cadd9] bit, (Kicked the ha - [Dm] bit, kicked the ha - [Cadd9] bit!) [Bb] Shed my skin, [G] (Shed my [G7] skin!) [Dm] This is the [Cadd9] new stuff, [Dm] (This is the [Cadd9] new stuff!) I come.. [Bb] . dancing in, we go [G] dancing [G7] in
[Verse 5] Oh, won't you [Dm] ...show for [Cadd9] me? [Dm] (Show for [Cadd9] me!) I will [Bb] ...show for you, [G] (Show for [G7] you!) Please, [Dm] ...show for [Cadd9] me, [Dm] (Show for [Cadd9] me!) I will... [Bb] show for you! [G] Yeah - yeah! Yeah - yeah! (bass drum + snare - 8 hits) [G7] Yeah, I do mean [Dm] you, [Cadd9] only [Dm] you, you've been [Cadd9] coming [Bb] through, A - gonna build that [G] power, [G7] build, build up that [Dm] power, hah! I've been [Cadd9] feeding the [Dm] rhythm, huh, I've been [Cadd9] feeding the [Bb] rhythm, Going to feel that [G] power, [G7] hey, build in [Dm] you! Ahhhh!
[Coda] Come [Cadd9] on, come on, [Dm] help me, do! Come [Cadd9] on, come on [Bb] help me, do! [G] Yeah - yeah, yeah - yeah! [G7] Yeah - yeah, yeah - yeah, [Dm] you! I've been [Cadd9] feeding my [Dm] rhythm, I've been [Cadd9] feeding my [Bb] rhythm, It's what we're [G] doing, doing. [G7] .. all day and [Dm] night, Ah, come [Cadd9] on, come on, [Dm] help me, do! Come [Cadd9] on, come on, [Bb] help me, do! [G] Yeah - yeah, yeah - yeah! [G7] Yeah - yeah, yeah - yeah, [Dm] you!
[Intro - BPM 177 - No drums] E ------------------------------------- B -0h2----------------------------------- G --------4----------------------------- D -----4h6--6---------------------------- A ------------------------------------- E -------------------------------------
[C#m][Bsus4][Asus2][Bsus4] E 4-4-4-----2-2-2----0-0-0-----2-2--------------- B 5-4-5-----5-4-4----0-4-0-----5-4-4------------ G 6-6-4-----4-4(4)---2-2-2-----4-4(4)-------------- D 6-6-6-----4-4-4----2-2-2-----4-4-4---------- A 4-4-4-----2-2-2----0-0-0-----2-2-2---------- E -------------------------------------------
[Verse - Drums] [C#m] Nobody on the road, nobody on the beach [B] I feel it in the air, the summer's out of reach [A] Empty lake, empty streets, the sun goes down alone [B]I'm drivin' by your house, though I know you're not home
[Chorus] [E] But I can see you [B] Your brown skin shinin' in the sun [B] You got your hair combed back and your [A] sunglasses on, baby [E] And I can tell you my [B]love for you will still be strong [B] After the boys of [A] summer have gone
[Solo] - Intro Chords [C#m][Bsus4][Asus2][Bsus4]
[Verse] [C#m] I never will forget those nights, I wonder if it was a dream [B] Remember how you made me crazy? remember how I made you scream [A] Now I don't understand what happened to our love [B] But babe, I'm gonna get you back, I'm gonna show you what I'm made of
[Chorus] [E] But I can see you [B] Your brown skin shinin' in the sun [B]I see you walkin' real slow and you're [A] smilin' at everyone [E] And I can tell you my [B]love for you will still be strong [B] After the boys of [A] summer have gone
[Muted Guitar bit - No drums] (play this riff between all chords) E ------------------ B -22----2-22------- G ---4422-----4-2--- D ------------------ A ------------------ E ------------------
[A][A][B][A] [A][A][B][F#m] [A][A][B][A]
[Intro riff again] [C#m][Bsus4][Asus2][Bsus4]
[Verse - No drums] [C#m] Out on the road today, I saw a Deadhead sticker on a Cadillac [B] A little voice Inside my head said, Don't look back. You can never look back [A] I thought I knew what love was; what did I know? [B] Those days are gone forever, I should just let them go but
[Chorus - Drums back in] [E] But I can see you [B] Your brown skin shinin' in the sun [B] You got top pulled down and the [A] radio on, baby [E] And I can tell you my [B] love for you will still be strong [B] After the boys of [A] summer have gone
[Chorus] [E] But I can see you [B] Your brown skin shinin' in the sun [B] You got that hair slicked back and [A] those Wayfarers on, baby [E] And I can tell you my [B] love for you will still be strong [B] After the boys of [A] summer have gone
[Outro Solo X 2] [E][B][B][A] - [E][B][B][A]
[E][B][A] E -4-2-4-0--0---4-2-4-0-x*------------0------------------- B -0------4-0---4-----4-4-------------0h2-0h2-0h2-0h2-0h2- G -1--------1---4-----4-4-4--B-again--2------------------- D -2--------2---4-----x-x-x-----------2------------------- A -2--------2---2-----2-2-2-----------0------------------- E -0--------0--------------------------------------------- * pull fretting finger above high E down to mute high E and imply the line
