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!
[Intro - No drums - freetime] E -----7------0- B -----0----3-1- G -----0----2--- repeat free style then just pluck chords as one D -----x-------- A -----7----0--- E -----5--------
[Am9-x02200] Thank you for coming home [Em9-022002] I'm sorry that the chairs are al [F9-13x213] l worn, [Em9] I left them here I could have (F9 phrase) sworn (could play variation of C/F then x34x0x - high to low strings - work on this) (F9 phrase) E ---8---7---6-5--------------------- G ----8---7------------------------ B -----9---5------------------------
[Am9] These are my salad days, [Em9] Slowly being eaten aw [F9] ay, [Em9] Just another play for to [F9] day Oh but I'm (F chord run - downstrokes - 133211 13x411 133211) [Dm] proud of you,but I'm [E] proud of you, There's [FMaj7] nothing left to make me fe [C] el small [FMaj7] Luck has left me standing so tall[C] aaaalll[Cmaj7] [C7] aaaaaaalll [F] all ([F][G])
[Chorus] [Am]Gold [Am9](Gold) [Dm]Always be [Em]lieve in your [Am9]soul, [Dm]You've got the [Em]power to [Dm]know You're indes [G]tructible; [E]Always [E]believe [F]in, because [F]you [G]are [Am]Gold [Am9](Gold) [Dm]Glad that you're [Em]bound to re [Am9]turn, There's [Dm]something [Em]I could have [Dm] learned You're indes [G]tructable, [E]always [E]believe [F]in
[Bridge] {Play these chords - one beat each - make a quick jump from open to Bbm}
[Am Vamp] [Am][Am/C][Am][G][Am] - play really staccato
E -0---------0------------------------ B -1-------0-1------------------------- G -2-------0-2------------------------ D -2-------0-2------------------------ A -0--3--0---0------------------------- E -x---------x------------------------
[Verse 2] [Am9] After the rush has gone, I [Em9]hope you find a little more [F9] time Re [Em9]member we were partners in [F9] crime ([C][B]) [Am9] It's only two years ago The [Em9]man with the suit and the [F9] pace You [Em9] know that he was there on the [F9] case Now he's in [G]love with you,he's in [E]love with you [FMaj7] And my love is like a hard [C] prison wall [FMaj7] But you could leave me standing so tall[C] aaaalll[Cmaj7] [C7] aaaaaaalll [F] all ([F][G])
[Chorus] [Am]Gold [Am9](Gold) [Dm]Always be [Em]lieve in your [Am9]soul, [Dm]You've got the [Em]power to [Dm]know You're indes [G]tructible; [E]Always [E]believe [F]in, because [F]you [G]are [Am]Gold [Am9](Gold) [Dm]Glad that you're [Em]bound to re [Am9]turn, There's [Dm]something [Em]I could have [Dm] learned You're indes [G]tructable, [E]always [E]believe [F]in
[Am Vamp - Solo and dancing] [Am][Am/C][Am][G][Am]
[Back in] [FMaj7] And my love is like a hard [C] prison wall [FMaj7] But you could leave me standing so tall[C] aaaalll[Cmaj7] [C7] aaaaaaalll [F] all ([F][G])
[Chorus] [Am]Gold [Am9](Gold) [Dm]Always be [Em]lieve in your [Am9]soul, [Dm]You've got the [Em]power to [Dm]know You're indes [G]tructible; [E]Always [E]believe [F]in, because [F]you [G]are [Am]Gold [Am9](Gold) [Dm]Glad that you're [Em]bound to re [Am9]turn, There's [Dm]something [Em]I could have [Dm] learned You're indes [G]tructable, [E]always [E]believe [F]in
[Repeat chorus chords - DONT SING THESE WORDS] [Am] Gold [Am9][Dm]Always be [Em]lieve in your [Am9]soul, [Dm]You've got the [Em]power to [Dm]know You're indes [G]tructible; [E]Always believe [F]in, because [F]you [G]are
[Am Vamp - Solo and dancing] [Am][Am/C][Am][G][Am] x 2
