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!
[Floyd Sound - Intro - Capo 1 for original but don't bother] [Drums only] BBXX SXXX BXXX SXXX BXXX SXXX BXXX SXXX BBXX SXXX BXXX SXXX BXXX SXXX BXXX SXXX + keyboard riff x 3 D 14-sustain----- A 14-sustain------ E 0-12-12-0-0-12-12-0 Dr B S (Single strum of chords - lightly play hihat 16th notes on treble strings) | Eadd9-024100 | Eadd9 | F#m | F#m | | A | A | F#m7 | A E | E | | Eadd9 | Eadd9 | F#m | F#m | | A | A | F#m7 | A E | F#m/E (002222) E |
[Verse 1] I'd [Eadd9-024100] sit alone and watch your light My [F#m7] only friend through teenage nights And [A] everything I had to know I [F#m7] heard it on my [A] radi [E] o
[Verse 2] You [Eadd9] gave them all those old time stars Through [F#m7] wars of worlds invaded by Mars You [A] made 'em laugh, you made 'em cry You [F#m7] made us feel like [A] we could [E] fly [F#m/E-002222] Ra - di [E] o
[Pre-chorus] So [E] don't become some background noise (move to Em6/G - keep 2,3 fingers from E in place, use little finger for low G and first finger for 2nd fret on B) A [Em6/G-322020] backdrop for the girls and boys Who [A] just don't know or just don't care And [F#7/A#(x14320)] just complain when you're not there (E/B - play E but mute lowest E) You [E/B] had your time, you had the power You've [B7sus4] yet to have your [B7] finest hour [A] Ra - di [E] o, ([F#m/E-002222] Ra - di [E] o)
[Chorus B1 - E/D - play E7 and try to avoid lower 2 strings] (Drums BxxB xxSS - Both Bs are the chord strums - to cheat you can play bass drum straight (ss) = double snares) [E/D - 10x999] All we hear is (ss) [A/E] Radio [E] ga ga (ss) [A/E] Radio [E] goo goo (ss) [A/E] Radio [E] ga ga (ss)
[E/D - 10x999] All we hear is (ss) [A/E] Radio [E] ga ga (ss) [A/E] Radio [E] blah blah (ss) [D] Radio, what's (ss) [A]new? [B] (ss) [C#m]Radio, (ss) [Bsus4]some- [B]one (ss) [A/C#]still [B]loves (ss) [E]you!
[Instrumental - Straight drums] (Drums and synth, 4 bars - Vamp on Emaj)
[Verse 3] We [Eadd9] watch the shows, we watch the stars On [F#m7] videos for hours and hours We [A] hardly need to use our ears How [F#m7] music changes [A]through the years [Eadd9]
[Pre-chorus] Let's [E] hope you never leave old friend Like [Em6/G-322020] all good things on you we depend So [A] stick around 'cause we might miss you When [F#7/A#(x14320)] we grow tired of all this visual (E/B - play E but mute lowest E) You [E/B] had your time, you had the power You've [B7sus4] yet to have your [B7] finest hour [A]Ra - di [E]o, [F#m/E-002222] (Ra - dio [E])
[Chorus B2] (No chords - Straight drums) All we hear is Radio ga ga Radio goo goo, Radio ga ga All we hear is Radio ga ga Radio goo goo, Radio ga ga [E/D - 10x999] All we hear is [A/E] Radio [E] ga ga [A/E] Radio [E] blah blah (double snares come back) [D] Radio, (ss) what's [A]new? [B] (ss) [Bsus4]some- [B]one (ss) [A/C#] still [B] loves (ss) [E] you!
[Instrumental] Drums and synth, 9 bars - Vamp on [E] then
| Eadd9 | Eadd9 | F#m | F#m | | A | A | F#m7 | A E | E | | E | E | Em6/G-322020 | Em6/G | | A | A | F#7/A#(x14320)| F#7/A# |
[Chorus A3] You [E/B] had your time, you had the power You've [B7sus4] yet to have your [B7] finest hour [A]Ra - di [E]o, [F#m/E-002222] (Ra - dio [E]
[Outro - can play chords up neck so more keyboardy /soloy] | E | E | Em6/G-322020 | Em6/G | | A | A | F#7/A#(x14320)| F#7/A# | | E/B | E/B | B7sus4 | B7
