[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 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