[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 160 - Capo 2] [Riff 1 x 2 - Drum first for 4 bars] E ------------------- B ------------------- G ---11-11----------- x 4 D -----------9--11--- A --9--9------------- E -------7--9--------
[Keyboard Riff - Capo on 2 so 0 on any string is effectively 2nd fret but play all other notes on actual fret positions, not relative to capo]
[Emaj7][Dmaj7][C#m7] E -----6---------------4--6--11---11- B 11-s-6---------------4--6--12---11- G 11-s-6---------------4--6--13---11- D 11-s-4---------------4--4--0----11- - repeat x 2 A 9--s-4---------------4--4-------13- E 0----0--------------------------11- DrB--S---B--S---B--S---B--S---B--S---B--S---
[Verse 1] [E] Now-----, [D] the [C] mist across the [D] window hides the [E] lines, [D] But [C] nothing hides the [D] colour of the [Bm] lights that [C] shine, [D] Electrici - [Bm7] ty so [C] fine, [C] Look-and- [D] dry-your- [Emaj7] eyes (keyboard riff)
[Verse 2] [E] We------, [D] so [C] tired of all the [D] darkness in our [E] lives, With [C] no more angry [D] words to say, can [Bm] come a - [C] live, [D] Get into a [Bm7] car, and [C] drive ... [C] to the [D] other...
[Chorus] [Emaj7] Me, babe, steppin' [Dmaj7] out---- [C#m7] -----, ...side! [G] In - [A] to [D] the [A] night, [C] in - [D] to [G] the [D] light, [Emaj7] You, babe, steppin' [Dmaj7] out---- [C#m7] --------, [G] In - [A] to [D] the [A] night, [C] in - [D] to [G] the [D] light!
[Verse 3] [E] We---- ... [D] are [C] young, but getting [D] old before our [E] time, We'll l [C] eave the T.V. [D] and the radi - [Bm] o be - [C] hind, [D] Don't you wonder [Bm7] what we'll [C] find... ... [C] Steppin'- [D] out-to--- [Emaj7] night?-(keyboard riff)
[Verse 4] [E] You----- ... [D] can d [C] ress in pink and [D] blue just like a [E] child, And, [C] in a yellow [D] taxi, turn to [Bm] me and [C] smile, [D] We'll be there in [Bm7] just a [C] while, [C] if you [D] follow...
[Chorus] [Emaj7] Me, babe, steppin' [Dmaj7] out---- [C#m7] -----, [G] In - [A] to [D] the [A] night, [C] in - [D] to [G] the [D] light, [Emaj7] You, babe, steppin' [Dmaj7] out---- [C#m7] --------, [G] In - [A] to [D] the [A] night, [C] in - [D] to [G] the [D] light!
[Break x 2] [Emaj7] ----------------------------[Dmaj7][C#m7]-------- [G]-----[A]--[D]-----[A]------------[C]-----[D]--[G]---[D] [Chorus] [Emaj7] Me, babe, steppin' [Dmaj7] out----- [C#m7] --------, [G] In - [A] to [D] the [A] night, [C] in - [D] to [G] the [D] light, [Emaj7] You, babe, steppin' [Dmaj7] out---- [C#m7] --------, [G] In - [A] to [D] the [A] night, [C] in - [D] to [G] the [D] light!
[Coda] [Emaj7] Me, babe, steppin' [Dmaj7] out----- [C#m7] -------, [G] In - [A] to [D] the [A] night, [C] in - [D] to [G] the [D] light! [E]
