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 Riff - No drums to start then come in during next repeat of riff] [B][A][E] ([B/A][B]) x 2  (hammer on B and A barre chords - E play from open and hammer on)
[Intro] I [B] won't let you down. [A] I will not give you up [E] Gotta have some faith in the sound [A/B] [B] It's the one good thing that I've got I won't let you down. [A] So please don't give me up [E] Because I would really, really [A/B] love [B] to stick around
[Vamp] [B][A][E] ([B/A][B]) x 2
[Verse 1] [F#] Heaven knows I was just a [E] young boy Didn't know what I wanted to be [A/B][B][A/B][B] I [F#] was every little hungry schoolgirl's pride [E] and joy And I guess it was enough for me [A/B][B][A/B][B] To [F#] win the race, a prettier face [E] Brand new clothes and a big fat place On your rock [A/B] and roll TV [B][A/B][B] But to [F#] day the way I play the game is not the [E] same, no way Think I'm gonna get me some happy [A/B][B][A/B][B]
I [Bm] think there's something you should know [Bmmaj7 - x24332] I think it's time I told you so [Bm7] There's something deep inside of me [Bm6 - 7x6777] There's someone else I've got to be [Bm] Take back your picture in a frame [Bmmaj7] Take back your singing in the rain [Bm7] I just hope you understand [F#7] Sometimes the clothes do not make the man
[Chorus] [B] All we have to [A] do now Is [E] take these lies and make [A/B] them [B] true somehow [B] All we have to [A] see Is that I [E] don't belong to you And you don't [A/B] belong [B] to me
[B] Freedom, [A] Freedom, [E] Freedom You got to give [A/B] what you [B] take [B] Freedom, [A] Freedom, [E] Freedom You got to give [A/B] what you [B] take
[Verse 2] [F#] Heaven knows we sure had some fun [E] boy What a kick just a buddy and me [A/B][B][A/B][B] We [F#] had every big-shot goodtime band on the run [E] boy We were living in a fantasy [A/B][B][A/B][B] We [F#] won the race, got out of the place [E] Went back home got a brand new face for the boys [A/B] on MTV [B][A/B][B] But to [F#] day the way I play the game has got to c [E] change oh yeah Now I'm gonna get myself happy [A/B][B][A/B][B]
[Bm] I think there's something you should know [Bmmaj7 - x24332] I think it's time I stopped the show [Bm7] There's something deep inside of me [Bm6 - 7x6777] There's someone I forgot to be [Bm] Take back your picture in a frame [Bmmaj7] Don't think that I'll be back [Bm7] again . I just hope you understand [F#7] Sometimes the clothes do not make the man
[Chorus] [B] All we have to [A] do now Is [E] take these lies and make [A/B] them [B] true somehow [B] All we have to [A] see Is that I [E] don't belong to you And you don't [A/B] belong [B] to me
[B] Freedom, [A] Freedom, [E] Freedom You got to give [A/B] what you [B] take [B] Freedom, [A] Freedom, [E] Freedom You got to give [A/B] what you [B] take
[Bridge] - Bm Bmmaj7 Bm7 Bm6 x2
[Bm]Well it looks like the road to heaven But it [Bmmaj7] feels like the road to hell When I [Bm7] knew which side my bread was buttered [Bm6]I took the knife as well
[Bm] Posing for another picture [Bmmaj7] Everybody's got to sell [Bm7] But when you shake your ass. They notice fast [Bm6] And some mistakes were build to last
[Bm] That's what you get [Bmmaj7] That's what you get [Bm7] That's what you get for [Bm6] changing your mind
[Bm] That's what you get. And after all this [Bmmaj7] time I just hope you understand [F#7] Sometimes the clothes do not make the man
[Chorus] [B] All we have to [A] do now Is [E] take these lies and make [A/B] them [B] true somehow [B] All we have to [A] see Is that I [E] don't belong to you And you don't [A/B] belong [B] to me
[B] Freedom, [A] Freedom, [E] Freedom You got to give [A/B] what you [B] take [B] Freedom, [A] Freedom, [E] Freedom You got to give [A/B] what you [B] take