[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 - Just bass drum] [F#] (F# riff) Di di-di-di di di di-di di di di-di di [B] Doo doo-doo-doo doo doo-doo doo doo doo [E] Di-di-di-di d [A] i di di-di- [D] di di [A/C#] di-di [Bm] di ...... [F#] ...... [E] ............
[Chorus - Full drums in] And here's to [A] you Mrs. [F#m] Robinson [A] Jesus loves you [F#m] more than you will [D] know, wo wo [E] wo ...God bless you [A] please Mrs. [F#m] Robinson [A] Heaven holds a [F#m] place for those who [D] pray, hey hey [Bm] hey ..Hey hey [F#] hey
[Vamp on F#]
[Verse 1] [F#] (F# riff) We'd like to know a little bit about you for our [F#7] files [B] We'd like to help you learn to help [B7] yourself [E] Look around you [A] all you see are [D] sympa [A/C#] thetic [Bm] eyes [F#] Stroll around the grounds un [E] til you feel at home
[Chorus] And here's to [A] you Mrs. [F#m] Robinson [A] Jesus loves you [F#m] more than you will [D] know, wo wo [E] wo ...God bless you [A] please Mrs. [F#m] Robinson [A] Heaven holds a [F#m] place for those who [D] pray, hey hey [Bm] hey ..Hey hey [F#] hey
[Verse 2] [F#] (F# riff) Hide it in a hiding place where no one ever goes [F#7] [B] Put it in your pantry with your [B7] cupcakes [E] It's a little [A] secret just the [D] Robin [A/C#] sons' af [Bm] fair [F#] Most of all you've got to [E] hide it from the kids
[Chorus] Koo-koo-ka- [A] choo Mrs. [F#m] Robinson [A] Jesus loves you [F#m] more than you will [D] know, wo wo [E] wo ....... God bless you [A] please Mrs. [F#m] Robinson [A] Heaven holds a [F#m] place for those who [D] pray, hey hey [Bm] hey ..Hey hey [F#] hey
[Verse 3] [F#] (F# riff) Sitting on a sofa on a Sunday after [F#7] noon [B] Going to the candidates debate [B7] [E] Laugh about it [A] shout about it [D] when you've [A/C#] got to [Bm] choose [F#] Any way you look at it you [E] lose
[Chorus] Where have you [A] gone Joe Di [F#m] Maggio [A] A nation turns its [F#m] lonely eyes to [D] you .... wo wo [E] woo ... What's that you [A] say Mrs. [F#m] Robinson [A] Joltin' Joe has [F#m] left and gone [D] away hey hey [Bm] hey ..Hey hey ... [F#] hey
[End]
[Notes] [E Riff - first note is offbeat] E 2-mute higher notes for riff comes out B 2----------------- G 3----------------- D 4----------------- A 4-----47--9--- E 2--257--------- DrB---S---B----S
