[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!
BPM 120 - just voice and chords [Chorus] [C] Super [F] Trouper [C] beams are gonna blind me, [F] but I [C] won't feel [G] blue; [Dm] like I [Dm] always [G7] do .. 'cause [G] somewhere in the crowd there's [C] you
[Verse] [C] I was sick and tired of [Em] everything, when I [Dm] called you last night from [G6] Glas [G] gow [C] All I do is eat and sleep and [Em] sing, wishing [Dm] every show was the [G6] last [G] show
[F] So imagine I was [C] glad to hear you're coming, [F] suddenly I feel all [C] right [F] And it's gonna be so [C] different, when I'm on the stage to [G7] night
[Chorus - TRY IMPLYING THE BACKING 'SOO PER PER MALE VOCALS' WITH GUITAR RHYTHM - xXXx] Tonight the [C] Super [F] Trouper [C] lights are gonna find me, [F] shining [C] like the [G] sun, [Dm] smiling, having [G7] fun; [G] feeling like a [G] number [C] one Tonight the [C] Super [F] Trouper [C] beams are gonna blind me, [F] but I [C] won't feel [G] blue, [Dm] like I [Dm] always [G7] do ... 'cause [G] somewhere in the crowd there's [C] you
[Intro music - C9, Asus2, Dsus2 and G9 at points] [C][Am][Dm][G7]
[Verse] [C] Facing twenty thousand of your [Em] friends, [Dm] how can anyone be so [G6]lone [G]ly? [C] Part of a success that never [Em]ends, [Dm] still I'm thinking about you [G6]on [G]ly (Still I'm thinking about you only) [F] There are moments when I [C]think I'm going crazy (Think I'm going crazy) [F] But it's gonna be al [C] right (You'll soon be changing everything) [F] Everything will be so [C] different When I'm on the stage to [G7] night
[Chorus] Tonight the [C] Super [F] Trouper [C] lights are gonna find me, [F] shining [C] like the [G] sun, [Dm] smiling, having [G7] fun [G] feeling like a [G] number [C] one Tonight the [C] Super [F] Trouper [C] beams are gonna blind me, [F] but I [C] won't feel [G] blue, [Dm] like I always [G7] do .. 'cause [G] somewhere in the [G] crowd there's [C] you
[Verse] So I'll be [F] there when you ar [C] rive; the sight of [F] you will prove to [G] me I'm still [C] alive And when you [C] take me in your [F] arms, and hold me [Dm] tight ......... I [F] know it's gonna mean so much [G] tonight
[Chorus - Just bass drum and minimal chords] Tonight the [C] Super [F] Trouper [C] lights are gonna find me [F] Shining [C] like the [G] sun [Dm] Smiling, having [G7] fun [G] Feeling like a [G] number [C] one [Chorus - Full drums] Tonight the [C] Super [F] Trouper [C] beams are gonna blind me [F] But I [C] won't feel [G] blue [Dm] Like I always [G7] do 'Cause [G] somewhere in the [G] crowd there's [C] you [Repeat Ad infinitum]
[Notes] [Intro Riff] Ch C Am E 0-0-1-3--------------------0-------- B 1-1-----3--3--1-(repeat)--1---0-0--- G 0-0----------------------2--------2- D 2----------------------------------- A 3-----------------------0----------- E X------------------------------
Ch Dm G E 5-----5----------3------------- B 6-6-8--5--5-6----0-0-1-3------- G 7------7--7-7----0-------2--2-0 D 7------7--7-7----0------------- A 5------5--5-5----X------------- E X----------------3-------------
