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!
[Verse 1 - just bass drum] [E] When I wake up yeah I know I'm gonna be I'm gonna [A] be the man who [B] wakes up next to [E] you When I [E] go out yeah I know I'm gonna be I'm gonna [A] be the man who [B] goes along with [E] you
If I [E] get drunk yes I know I'm gonna be I'm gonna [A] be the man who [B] gets drunk next to [E] you And if I [E] haver yeah I know I'm gonna be I'm gonna [A] be the man who's [B] havering to [E] you
[Chorus - Full drums] But [E] I would walk 500 miles And I [A] would walk 5 [B] 00 more Just to [E] be the man who walked 1,000 [A] miles To fall down [B] at your door
[Verse 2 - Semi drums - snare only on 4] When I'm [E] working yes I know I'm gonna be I'm gonna [A] be the man who' [B] s working hard fo [E] r you And whe [E] n the money comes in for the work I'll do I'll pass [A] almost every pe [B] nny on to you [E]
[E] When I come home yeah I know I'm gonna be I'm gonna [A] be the man who [B] comes back home t [E] o you And if [E] I grow old well I know I'm gonna be I'm gonna [A] be the man who's [B] growing old with [E] you
[Chorus - Full drums] But [E] I would walk 500 miles And I [A] would walk 5 [B] 00 more Just to [E] be the man who walked 1,000 [A] miles To fall down [B] at your door Da da [E] da (da da da) Da da da (da da da) Da da [A] da dun diddle un [B] diddle un diddle uh [E] da Da da [E] da (da da da) Da da da (da da da) Da da [A] da dun diddle un [B] diddle un diddle uh [E] da
[Verse 3] When I'm [E] lonely yes I know I'm gonna be I'm gonna [A] be the man who's [B] lonely without [E] you When I' [E] m dreaming well I know I'm gonna dream I'm gonna dr [A] eam about the [B] time when I'm with [E] you. When I [E] go out, well I know I'm gonna be I'm gonna [A] be the man who [B] goes along with [E] you And when [E] I come home, yes I know I'm gonna be I'm gonna [A] be the man who [B] comes back home with [C#m] you I'm gonna [F#m] be the man who's [B] coming home with [E] you
[Chorus] But [E] I would walk 500 miles And I [A] would walk 5 [B] 00 more Just to [E] be the man who walked 1,000 [A] miles To fall down [B] at your door Da da [E] da (da da da) Da da da (da da da) Da da [A] da dun diddle un [B] diddle un diddle uh [E] da Da da [E] da (da da da) Da da da (da da da) Da da [A] da dun diddle un [B] diddle un diddle uh [E] da
Da da [E] da (da da da) Da da da (da da da) Da da [A] da dun diddle un [B] diddle un diddle uh [E] da Da da [E] da (da da da) Da da da (da da da) Da da [A] da dun diddle un [B] diddle un diddle uh [E] da
And [E] I would walk 500 miles And I [A] would walk 5 [B] 00 more Just to [E] be the man who walked 1,000 [A] miles To fall down [B] at your do [E] or
