[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!
[Verse - E D A D] [E] Won't you come [D] see about me? [A] I'll be alone, [D] dancing, you know it, baby [E] Tell me your [D] troubles and doubts [A] Giving everything [D] inside and out and [E] Love's strange, so [D] real in the dark [A] Think of the tender things [D] that we were working on [E] Slow change may [D] pull us apart [A] When the light gets [D] into your heart, baby
[Chorus - E D A A] [E] Don't you, [E][D] forget about [A] me Don't, don't, don't, don't [E] Don't you, [E][D] forget about [A] me
[Middle Eight - C G D A] [C] Will you stand above me? [G] Look my way, never love me [D] Rain keeps falling, rain keeps falling [A] Down, down, down [C] Will you recognize me? [G] Call my name or walk on by [D] Rain keeps falling, rain keeps falling [A] Down, down, down, down
[Verse - E D A D] [E] Don't you [D] try and pretend [A] It's my feeling we'll [D] win in the end [E] I won't harm you or [D] touch your defenses [A] Vanity and se [D] curity, ah [E] Don't you for [D] get about me [A] I'll be alone, [D] dancing, you know it, baby [E] Going to [D] take you apart [A] I'll put us back to [D] gether at heart, baby
[Chorus - E D A A] [E] Don't you, [E][D] forget about [A] me Don't, don't, don't, don't [E] Don't you, [E][D] forget about [A] me As you walk on [E] by ........[D] Will you call my [A] name?...........[D] ....As you walk on [E] by ........[D] Will you call my [A] name? .....[D] When you walk away
[Stop - then just bass drum - E D A D] [E][D][A][D] Or will you walk away? [E][D][A][D] Will you walk on by? [E][D][A] Come on, call my [D] name [E] Will you call my [D] name? [A] (drum fill starts here) [D]
[Drum fill - more strumming chords as opposed to snare roll] E--- D--- A--(AAAA) DDDDD D D BBBB BBBB BBBB B S BBS BSS [Outro - Big fill - Drums back in - E D A D] I say la [E] La........ la-la-la-la, [D] la......la-la-la-la [A] ah ...... la .. la ..la [D] la..la..la..la..la..la [E] La........ la-la-la-la, [D] la......la-la-la-la [A] ah ...... la .. la ..la [D] la..la..la..la..la..la [E] La........ la-la-la-la, [D] la......la-la-la-la [A] ah ...... la .. la ..la [D] la..la..la..la..la..la (repeat until end) [End]
[Notes] Chorus - E at 7th fret - drone low then D at 2nd but play high A, then A at 9th 0 10 9 11 0 - drum fill to Middle 8 Slap hands on guitar to get volume - perhaps combine with fingers Middle 8 - C C (run down 3 2 0) G D A (move up neck to emulate keys - 333 567 10911)
[Big Fill] final RR is hard slap on sound board both hands bottom right - left hand comes across when A played Count 1 2 3 on bass drum and start roll before 4 --RLRLRLR-RLRLR-RLBBS-B-B 3---4---1---2---3---4---1 ------------------I-saywhola
