[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 92] [D][Bm][D][G] x2 (Start no bass drum - one xxxx = BS)
xxxx xx[D]x (pickup)
[Bm]xxx xx([D]x)x (offbeat D ahead of snare) [G]xxx xx[D]x [Bm]xxx xx[D]x [G]xxx xx[D]x Only one offbeat with D every 4 times round the phrase Repeat with bass drum
[Verse - of = Play offbeat - ahead of Snare] [Bm] Love [D-of][G] I [D] get so [Bm] lost, [D-of] somet [G] imes [D] [Bm] Days pass [D-of][G] [D] And this [Bm] emptiness [D-of] fills my [G] heart [D-of] [Bm] When I want [D-of] to [G] run away [D-of] I [Bm] drive off [D-of] in my [G] car [D-of] [Bm] But which [D-of] ever [G] way I go [D-of] I come [Bm] back to the [D-of] place you [G] are
(A goes to Asus4 as part of phrase - G can be G5 - 3x0022 so high D is emphasised which is part of keyboard phrase) [A] ....... [A]All my [D]instincts, [G] ....... [G]they re [D]turn [A] ....... [A]The grand fa [D]cade, [G] ....... [G]so soon will [D]burn [A] ....... [A]Without a [D]noise, [G] ....... [G]without my [D]pride [A] ....... [A]I reach out [G]from the inside ('oh oh oh' bit)
[Chorus: D quickly during the A section] [G]In [G/F#]your [E] eyes (the light the heat) In [A]your eyes (I [D]am com [A]plete) In [E]your eyes (I see the doorway) In [A] your eyes (to a thousand churches) [D][A] In [E]your eyes (the resolution) In [A] your eyes (of all the fruitless searches) [D][A] In [E] your eyes In [A] your eyes (oh, I want to be that complete) [D][A] In [E] your eyes In [A] your eyes (I want to touch the light the heat I see) [D][A] In [E] your eyes (actually 022220 i think)
[Intro Riff Vamp] [D][Bm][D][G] x2
[Verse] [Bm] Love [D][G] [D] I don't [Bm] like to see [D] so much [G] pain [D] [Bm] So mu [D] ch [G] wasted [D] And this [Bm] moment keep [D] s slipping [G] away [D] [Bm] I get [D] so [G] tired Of [D] working so [Bm] hard for [D] our sur [G] vival [D] [Bm] I look [D] to the [G] time with you [D] To [Bm] keep me awake [D] and a [G] live [D]
[A] ....... [A]All my [D]instincts, [G] ....... [G]they re [D]turn [A] ....... [A]The grand fa [D]cade, [G] ....... [G]so soon will [D]burn [A] ....... [A]Without a [D]noise, [G] ....... [G]without my [D]pride [A] ....... [A]I reach out [G]from the inside ('oh oh oh' bit)
[Chorus: D quickly during the A section] [G]In [G/F#]your [E] eyes (the light the heat) In [A]your eyes (I [D]am com [A]plete) In [E]your eyes (I see the doorway) In [A] your eyes (to a thousand churches) [D][A] In [E]your eyes (the resolution) In [A] your eyes (of all the fruitless searches) [D][A] In [E] your eyes In [A] your eyes (oh, I want to be that complete) [D][A] In [E] your eyes In [A] your eyes (I want to touch the light the heat I see) [D][A] In [E] your eyes
