[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 - 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 -----------------------------------
