[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 - Keyboard Riff - BPM 118] [G*-10-9-7-8-9-8][C][C/E][F] ([G][G*]) x 3 - stop on final G
[Guitar Vamp - Rhythm with Cm7 and F - x--- x--x ---- x--- follows keys] [Cm7][F] x2 (stabs) [Bb][F]
[Verse - More following riff] The [Cm7] power of love is a [F] curious thing [Cm7] Make a one man weep, make an [F] other man sing [Cm7] Change a hawk to a li [F] ttle white dove [Cm7] More than a feeling, [F] that's the power of love
[Guitar Vamp] [Cm7][F] x 2 [Bb][F]
[Verse] Tough [Cm7] er than diamonds, [F] rich like cream [Cm7] Stronger and harder than a [F] bad girls dream [Cm7] Make a bad one good, mmm [F] make a wrong right [Cm7] Power of love will keep you [F] home at night [Riff(GC)]
[Chorus] [G][C] Don't need money, [C/E][F] don't take [G] fame [G][C] Don't need no [C/E] credit card to [F] ride this [G] train [G][C] It's strong and it's [C/E] sudden and it's [F] cruel some [G] times But it [Bb] might just [F] save your [Gsus4] life (STOP) That's the power of [Cm7] Love [F] That's the power of love --- [Cm7] ------ [F] ------ [Bb][F]
[Verse] [Cm7] First time you feel it might [F] make you sad [Cm7] Next time you feel it might [F] make you mad [Cm7] But you'll be glad baby when [F] you've found [Cm7] That's the power that makes [F] the world go round [Riff(GC)]
[Chorus] [G][C] Don't need money, [C/E][F] don't take [G] fame [G][C] Don't need no [C/E] credit card to [F] ride this tr [G] ain [G][C] It's strong and it's [C/E] sudden and it's [F] cruel some [G] times But it [Bb] might just [F] save your [Gsus4] life
[Bridge] [Eb] They say that [G7/D-x53433] all in love is [Cm9-x31333] fair [F7+9-131213] Yeah but you don't care [Abmaj7-465544] But you know [Gm7] what to do [Fm7] When it gets [Gm7] hold of you [Abmaj7] And with a little help [Gsus4-355533] from above You'll feel the power of [Cm7] Love [F] feel the power of [Cm7] Love [F] Can you feel it?! [Cm7] hmmmmmm [F]
[Solo] [Cm7][F] x 16
[Chorus] [G][C] Don't take money, [C/E][F] don't take [G] fame [G][C] Don't need n [C/E] o credit card to [F] ride this [G] train [G][C] Tougher [C/E] than diamonds and [F] stronger than [G] steel [G][C] You won't [C/E] feel nothin [F] till you [G] feel [G][C] You feel the [C/E] power, [F] feel the [G] power of love [G][C] That's the [C/E] power, [F] that's the [G] power of love [G][C][C/E][F] You feel the [G] power of love [G][C][C/E][F] You feel the [G] power of love [G][C][C/E][F] You feel the [G] power of love [G][C][C/E][F] You feel the [G] power of love [G][C][C/E][F] You feel the [G] power of love...
[End] [Notes] [Intro - Keyboard Riff - BPM 118] [G*][C][C/E][F][G] x 3 - stop on final G E 7----8------------1-----3-- B 3----8------5-----1-----3-- G 4----9------5-----2-----4-- D x----10-----5-----3-----5-- A 5----10-----3-----3-----5-- E 3----8------0-----1-----3--
[Guitar Vamp] (can play bit doobie brothers F to Eb/F x 8 10 10 10 8 to 8 8 8 8 8 and hammer on and off the Cm7 - also can play high F on E string 8 10 10 10 13)
[Cm7][F] E 3--33----3-3-3-------8--8--- B 4--44----4-3-4-10----10-8--- G 3--33----3-3-3-10----10-8--- D 5--55----5-3-5-10----10-8--- A 3--33----3-3-3-8-----8--8--- E ----------------------------
[Cm7][F] E 3--33----3-3-3-------13----13-- B 4--44----4-3-4-10----10----10-- G 3--33----3-3-3-10----10----10-- D 5--55----5-3-5-10----10----10-- A 3--33----3-3-3-8-----8-----8--- E -------------------------------
