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 - BPM 118 - No drums - Guitar pattern is pluck 3 high strings - then play root note] E B C#m A - E B G#m A
[Verse 1] [E] Just a [B] small town girl, [C#m] living in a [A] lonely world [E] She took the [B] midnight train going [G#m] anywhe [A] re
[Verse 2] [E] Just a [B] city boy, [C#m] born and raised in [A] south Detroit [E] He took the [B] midnight train going [G#m] anywhe [A] re
[V.3 INSTRUMENTAL](guitar entrance 4 bars in) E B C#m A - E B G#m A
[Verse 4] [E] A singer in a [B] smoky room, [C#m] the smell of wine and [A] cheap perfume [E] For a smile they can [B] share the night, it goes (strum to build) [G#m] on and on and [A] on and on
[Chorus - Full drum] [A] Strangers waiting [E] up and down the boulevard Their [A] shadows searching in the [E] night [A] Streetlight, people, [E] living just to find emotion [A] Hiding, somewhere in the night[B]xx[E] xxxx [B]x[E][A]
[Instrumental] E B C#m A
[Verse 5] [E] Working hard to [B] get my fill [C#m] , everybody [A] wants a thrill [E] Paying anything to [B] roll the dice, just [G#m] one more t [A] ime
[Verse 6] [E] Some will win, [B] some will lose, [C#m] some were born to [A] sing the blues [E] Oh, the movie [B] never ends; it goes [G#m] on and on and [A] on and on
[Chorus] [A] Strangers waiting [E] up and down the boulevard Their [A] shadows searching in the [E] night [A] Streetlights, people, [E] living just to find emotion [A] Hiding, somewhere in the night[B]xx[E] xxxx [B]x[E][A]
[GUITAR SOLO OVER VERSE CHORDS] E B C#m A - E B G#m A
[Outro] [E] Don't stop [B] believing [C#m] hold on to the [A] feeling [E] Streetlight [B] people oo-oh [G#m][A] [E] Don't stop [B] believing [C#m] hold on to the [A] feeling [E] Streetlight [B] people oo-oh [G#m][A] [E] Don't stop [B] believing [C#m] hold on to the [A] feeling [E] Streetlight [B] people oo-oh [G#m][A] [Fade Out - or end on E]
