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 - 97 BPM] (x2) I play Dsus4 for Dadd4 - comes in on 3&4 And follow the melody / keys i.e. D Dsus4 D
(play chords low and off beat) pickup with snare on each - count in 1 2 3 4 1 2 Riff [D-x57775][D-x57775] x [D-x57775] [C][Emadd4/A-00x987][D-x57775][D-x57775] [C][Emadd4/A][D][D] [C][Emadd4/A][D][D] [Em][Em][Em][Dadd4]
[C] x x [Em7/A-x02030] - x x [Em/A-02000][Em/A-02000]- x [D] x x - [Dadd4] [C][Em7/A-x02030][D][Dadd4] [C][Em7/A-x02030][Dadd6-xx0202][D] [Em][Em][Em][F#] [Repeat]
[Verse 1] [C#m*] I got it bad, you don't know how bad I got it [C#m*] You got it easy, you don't know when you got it good [C#m*] It's getting harder, just keeping life and soul together [C#m*] I'm sick of fighting, even [D*] though I know [A] I shouldn't [A] The cold is biting through [G#m] each and every [D#m] nerve and fibre My broken [D#m] spirit is [F#] frozen to the [C#m] core (vocal note now goes down from one tone - from G to F# - notes for this line are F# to B) [Bsus4/E-think Esus2-779977] I don't wanna be here no (more)(straight to next line)
[Chorus 1 - Sometimes Cadd4 figure add snare on all hits] [Dadd4] Wouldn't it be [C] good to [Em7/A-x02030]be in [Em/A-02000]your [D] shoes .. [Dadd4] even if it [C] was for [Em7/A-x02030] just one day [D] .. [Dadd4] And wouldn't it be [C] good, if [Em7/A-x02030]we could [Em/A-02000]wish [D] ourselves [D] a [Em] way (riff 022000 x 022000 x - x 000000 x 000000 - 022000)
[Dadd4] Wouldn't it be [C] good to [Emadd4] be on your [D] side ..[Dadd4] The grass is always [C] greener [Emadd4] over there [D][Dadd4] Wouldn't it be [C] good, if [Emadd4] we could live [D] without [D*] a care [Em][Em][Em][F#]
[Verse 2] [C#m*] You must be joking, You don't know a thing about it [C#m*] You've got no problem, I'd stay right there if I were you [C#m*] I got it harder, You couldn't dream how hard I got it [C#m*] Stay out of my shoes, If you know [D*] what's good [A] for you [A] The heat is stifling, [G#m] burning me up from [D#m] me inside The sweat is [D#m] coming through [F#] each and every [C#m] pore
[Bridge - No drums] [Esus2-079977] I don't wanna be (octave riff) here no more [Esus2-079977] I don't wanna be (octave riff) here no more [Esus2-079977] I don't wanna be (octave riff) here no more [Esus2-079977] (octave riff) [Esus2-079977] (octave riff) [Esus2-079977] (octave riff) [Ebsus4] (synth sweep)
[Instrumental] D (keyboard pick up riff)
C Emadd4-00x987 D-x57775 D*-x-x-0-11-10-10 C Emadd4 D D C Emadd4 D D* Em Em Em D (keyboard pick up riff)
C Emadd4 D D* (barre at 10th) C Emadd4 D D C Emadd4 D D* Em Em Em Dadd4 (sus4 pickup riff with snare on each hit)
[Dhorus 2] [Dadd4] Wouldn't it be [C] good to [Em7/A-x02030]be in [Em/A-02000]your [D] shoes .. [Dadd4] even if it [C] was for [Em7/A-x02030] just one day [D] .. [Dadd4] And wouldn't it be [C] good, if [Em7/A-x02030]we could [Em/A-02000]wish [D] ourselves [D] a [Em] way (riff 022000 x 022000 x - x 000000 x 000000 - 022000)
[Dadd4] (s)Would (s)n't (drums stop) it be (drums back in) [C] good to [Emadd4] be on your [D] side ..[Dadd4] The grass is always [C] greener [Emadd4] over there [D][Dadd4] Wouldn't it be [C] good, if [Emadd4] we could live [D] without [D] a care [Em][Em][Em][F#]
[End] [C#m]
[Notes] [Solo] [D] (keyboard pick up riff) [D][C][Em][D] E 7-----------0--7--2--10---------------------- B 7-10-8-7----1--8--3--10------------------- G 7-----------0--9--2--11------------------- D 0-----------2--x--0--x------------------- A ------------3--0--x----------------------- E -------------------------------------------
[D][C][Em][D] E 7----------0-3-0----0---0-10---2--- B 7-10-8-7---1--------10--12-----3--- G 7----------0--------9---9------2--- D 0----------2--------x---x------0--- A -----------3--------0---0---------- E -----------------------------------
