[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] [Am] [Am][G][Am] [Am][G][Am] [Am][Em][F] Repeat 3 times
[Verse 1] [Am] Risin' up, ba [F] ck on the street, [G] Did my time, took my [Am] chances. [Am] Went the distance, now I'm ba [F] ck on my feet, Just a m [G] an and his will to sur [Am] vive. [Am] So many times, it [F] happens too fast, [G] You change your passion for [Am] glory [Am] Don't lose your grip on the [F] dreams of the past, You must f [G] ight just to keep them al [Am] ive:
[Chorus] [G] It's [Am] the [Dm] eye of the tiger, it's the [C] thrill of the [G] fight Rising [Dm] up to the challenge of our [Am]ri [G]val.... And the [Dm] last known survivor stalks his [C] prey in the nig [G] ht, And he's [Dm] watching us [Em7] all with the [F] eye [N.C.] of the [Am] tiger.
[Verse 2] [Am] Face to face, [F] out in the heat, [G] Hangin' tough, stayin' [Am] hungry. [Am] They stack the odds, still we [F] take to the street, .. For we [G] kill with the skill to [Am] survive.
[Chorus] [G] It's [Am] the [Dm] eye of the tiger, it's the [C] thrill of the [G] fight Rising [Dm] up to the challenge of our [Am]ri [G]val.... And the [Dm] last known survivor stalks his [C] prey in the nig [G] ht, And he's [Dm] watching us [Em7] all with the [F] eye [N.C.] of the [Am] tiger.
[Verse 3] [Am] Risin' up, [F] straight to the top, [G] Had the guts, got the [Am] glory. [Am] Went the distance, now I'm not [F] gonna stop,.. Just a [G] man and his will to sur [Am] vive.
[Chorus] [G] It's [Am] the [Dm] eye of the tiger, it's the [C] thrill of the [G] fight Rising [Dm] up to the challenge of our [Am]ri [G]val.... And the [Dm] last known survivor stalks his [C] prey in the nig [G] ht, And he's [Dm] watching us [Em7] all with the [F] eye [N.C.] of the [Am] tiger.
[Outro] [Am] [Am][G][Am] [Am][G][Am] [Am][Em][F] ... The eye of the
[Am] tiger [Am][G][Am] [Am][G][Am] [Am][Em][F] (repeat until fade out)
