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!
BPM 174 - Just drums at beginning x 2 - then slidey riff x 2 with D A at end of final run A - 7--- E - 4/5 [Start with D to A keyb riff - Verse- LONGER THAN YOU THINK TO FIRST D]
[Verse 1] B [A] een working so hard , [D][A] I'm punching my card, [D][A] eight hours, for what? [D][A] Oh, tell me what I got... [D] I got this feelin that times just a holdin me d [A] own, i [D] 'll hit the ceiling...or else [D#(X67XXX)] i'll tear up this town........ [E][E/F#][E/G#][(stop)]
Tonight I gotta [D + snare] cut [Chorus] L [A] oose, [D] foot [A] loose K [D] ick off your Sunday s [A] hoes [A] Please, [D] L [A] ouise P [D] ull me offa my [A] knees [A] Jack, [D] get [A] back C [D] 'mon before we [A] crack [A ] Lose [D] your [A] blues E [G] verybody [D] cut foot [A] loose
2 x slidey riff - then back in with D A key riff
[Verse] Y [A] ou're playing so cool, [D][A] Obeying every rule, [D][A] Dig way down in your heart [D][A] You're yearning, burning fo [D] r some, somebody to tell you, that life ain't passing [A] you by (no slidey riff) I [D] 'm trying to te [D#] ll [D] you, It will if you don't even try [E][E/F#][E/G#]
You can fly if you'd only [D + snare] cut [Chorus] L [A] oose, [D] foot [A] loose K [D] ick off your Sunday s [A] hoes [A] Ooh-wee, [D] Ma [A] rie [D] Shake it, shake it for [A] me [A] Whoa, [D] Mi [A] lo C [D] 'mon C'mon Lets [A] Go [A] Lose [D] your [A] blues E [G] verybody [D] cut foot [A] loose
[A] First, we got to turn you around [D][A] Second, you put your feet on the ground [D][A] Third, now take a hold of your soul [E][E/G#][E/B - 7th fret barre] [Don't hold as long as record - just hold E/B for 1 bar then stop - then back in]
Im turning it loose [Chorus] No 'loose' come in on the D to A riff and 'foot loose' -- [D + snare] foot [A] loose K [D] ick off your Sunday s [A] hoes [A] Please, [D] L [A] ouise P [D] ull me offa my [A] knees [A] Jack, [D] get [A] back C [D] 'mon before we [A] crack [A]- Lose [D] your [A] blues E [G] verybody [D] cut foot [A] loose
L [A] oose, [D] foot [A] loose K [D] ick off your Sunday s [A] hoes [A] Please, [D] L [A] ouise P [D] ull me offa my [A] knees [A] Jack, [D] get [A] back C [D] 'mon before we [A] crack [A]- Lose [D] your [A] blues E [G] verybody [D] cut foot [A] loose [Stop] [Ignore original ending]
