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 - BPM 98 - No drums (claps at end)] [E].............[A] [C#m][G#m][A][E][F#m][B][E]
E---------------------------------4---4---5--0----2---2--0-------- B-----99-9-------2----99-9--------5---4---5--0----2---4--0-------- G-----99-9-------2----99-9--------6---4---6--1----2---4--1-------- D-2---99-9-------2----99-9--------6---6---7--2----4---4--2-------- A-2---77-7-----240----77-7--------4---6---7--2----4---2--2-------- E-0----------34------------245-578----4---5--0----2------0-------- DrB---S---B---S---B---S---B---S---B---S---B---S---B---S---B---S--- (power chord for first E maj - use 2nd and 4th finger for 24 and 023 runs so can hold A chord down whilst doing so)
[Drums in - Vocal Intro - Start notes B to E] Uh- [E] huh [B/D][C#m] huh [B] huh [A] huh [A/G#][F#m] Let me [B] tell ya now [C#m] Uh-huh [G#m] Uh-huh [A] uh-huh [E] uh-huh [F#m] ooh o [B] oh o [E] oh
[Verse 1 - Start note is open B string - Just bass drum] [E] When I had you to myself I [A] didn't want you around Those [C#m] pretty [G#m] faces [A] always [E] made you [F#m] stand out [B] in a [E] crowd But [E] someone picked you from the bunch One [A] glance was all it took [C#m] Now it's [G#m] much too [A] late for [E] me to [F#m] take a [B] second [E] look
[Chorus - Drums in] [E] Oh [B/D] baby, [C#m] give me [B] one more [A] chance [A/G#] ( [F#m] show you that I [B] love you) [C#m] Won't [G#m] you [A] please [E] let [F#m] me [B] (b [E] ack in your heart) [E] Oh [B/D] darlin' [C#m] I was [B] blind to [A] let you g [A/G#] o ( [F#m] let you go [B] baby) But [C#m] now [G#m] since [A] I [E] see [F#m] you [B] in his [E] arms (I want you back)
[E] (Full - drums with extra snare on I want you back) Yes I do now (I want you back) Ooh ooh baby (I want you back) Ya ya ya ya (I want you back) Na na na na
[Verse 2 - Just bass drum] [E] Tryin' to live without your love Is [A] one long sleepless night [C#m] Let me [G#m] show you girl [A][E] That [F#m] I know [B] wrong from [E] right [E] Every street you walk on I [A] leave tearstains on the ground [C#m] Follo [G#m] wing the [A] girl [E] I didn't [F#m] even [B] want a [E] round, let me tell you now
[Chorus - Full drums] [E] Oh [B/D] baby, [C#m] all I [B] need is [A] one more [A/G#] chance [F#m] (show you that I [B] love you) [C#m] Won't [G#m] you [A] please [E] let [F#m] me [B][E] (back in your heart) [E] Oh [B/D] darlin' [C#m] I was [B] blind to [A] let you g [A/G#] o ( [F#m] let you go [B] baby) But [C#m] now [G#m] since [A] I [E] see [F#m] you [B] in his [E] arms (I want you back) (Drums stop)
[E] A [B] buh buh [A] buh buh [E] [E] A [B] buh buh [A] buh buh, [E] All I want [E] A [B] buh buh [A] buh buh, [E] All I need [E] A [B] buh buh [A] buh buh, [E] All I want [E] A [B] buh buh [A] buh buh, [E] All I need
(full drums) [E][B/D] Oh [C#m] just [B] one more [A] chance [A/G#] To [F#m] show you that I [B] love you [C#m] Baby ( [G#m] baby) [A] baby ( [E] baby) [F#m] baby ( [B] baby) [E] (I want you back)
(just bass drum) [E] Forget what happened then (I want you back) [E] Let me live again
(full drums) [E] Oh [B/D] baby, [C#m] I was [B] blind to [A] let you [A/G#] go [F#m][B] But [C#m] now [G#m] since [A] I [E] see [F#m] you [B] in his [E] arms (I want you back)
(just bass drum) [E] Spare me of this cause [E] Gimme back what I lost
(full drums) [E] Oh [B/D] baby, [C#m] I need [B] one more [A] chance [A/G#] ha, I [F#m] tell ya that I [B] love you [C#m] Baby [G#m] (ah) [A] baby ( [E] ah) [F#m] baby ( [B] ah) [E] (I want you back) [End]
