[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 - 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
