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 Verse - just bass drum - BPM 99] Think about [A] it, [E] there must [D] be higher [E] love [D] Down in the [A] heart or hidden [F#m] in the stars a- [E] bove With [A] out it, [E] life is a [D] wasted time [E] [D] Look inside [A] your heart, I'll [E] look inside [B] mine
(Drums pattern is B B B S - first half - B S B S second half of each line) [B] Things look so bad [C#m] everywhere [B] In this whole world, [G#m] what is [A] fair? [B] We walk blind and we [A] try to [E] see [B] Falling behind in what [G#m] could [C#m] be
[Chorus 1 - Full drums in] [A] Bring me a [E] higher love [B][C#m] [A] Bring me a [E] higher love, [B] whoa [C#m] (C#m x C#m7 C#m horn phrase - come in late to A on next line) [A] Bring me a [E] higher love [B][C#m] What's that [A] higher [E] love I keep [C#m] thinking [B] of?
[Verse2] Worlds are [A] turning [E] and we're [D] just hanging [E] on [D] Facing our [A] fear and standing [F#m] out there a [E] lone A [A] yearning [E] , and it's [D] real to me [E] [D] There must be [A] someone who's [E] feeling for [B] me
(Normal drums now) [B] Things look so bad [C#m] everywhere [B] In this whole world, [G#m] what is [A] fair? [B] We walk blind and we [A] try to [E] see [B] Falling behind in what [G#m] could [C#m] be
[Chorus 1] [A] Bring me a [E] higher love [B][C#m] [A] Bring me a [E] higher love, [B] whoa [C#m] [A] Bring me a [E] higher love [B][C#m] What's that [A] higher [E] love I keep [C#m] thinking [B] of?
[Chorus 2] [A] Bring me a [E] higher love [B][C#m] [A] Bring me a [E] higher love, [B] whoa [C#m] [A] Bring me a [E] higher love [B][C#m] I could [A] rise [E] above on a [C#m] higher [B] love
[Bridge - Just bass drum for this?] [A] I [B] will [C#m] wait for it [B][A] [B] I'm [C#m] not too late [B] for [A] it [A] Un- [B] til [C#m] then, I'll [B] sing my [A] song [B] To [C#m] cheer the [B] night a- [A] long
[Vamp] (Hammering on B/Db to C#m7 - with just bass drum) Bring it C#m7xxx C#m7xxx B/DbxxC#m7 xxxx C#m7xxx C#m7xxx xxxx xxxx X 2
[Bridge 2?] [B] I could light the night up with my soul on fire [B] I could make the sun shine from [A] pure desire [A] Let me [C#m] feel that [D] love come over [A] me [C#m] Let me [A] feel how [E] strong it could [B] be
[Vamp on B ringing] Oh oh oh
{Female vocals, only with drums - hands as per start of supersition when time to get hands back for chords play final snare figure with r/h} (Bring me a higher love) (Bring me a higher love, oh____ ) Bring me (Bring me a higher love) Oh______ (Bring me a higher love) Oh (bring chords back in [B][C#m])
[Chorus 1 - Chords] [A] Bring me a [E] higher love [B][C#m] [A] Bring me a [E] higher love, [B] whoa [C#m] [A] Bring me a [E] higher love [B][C#m] What's that [A] higher [E] love I keep [C#m] thinking [B] of?
