[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 123 - drop D tuning v1 - use second harmonizer - double - 100% wet and lots of reverb and mid way delay
[Intro] Start with percussive guitar and bass drum D x 4 G x 4 D x 4 G x 4 Bm x 2 A x 2 D x 4 (open up D percussive chord to more open for start)
[Verse 1 - Bm7 works - muted low strings] (Lift thumb but do not rotate wrist so can maintain mute and have loud snare) I want to [D] run I want to [D] hide I want to [D] tear down the walls That hold me in [G-5x0003] side I want to reach [Bm-9x5555] out And touch the [A] flame Where the [C] streets have no name I, I, I, I want to [D] feel, sunlight on my [D] face I see the [D] dust cloud disappear without a [G] trace I want to take [Bm] shelter from the poison [A] rain Where the [C] streets have no name Oh Ah Where the streets have no
[Chorus - D triad at 2nd fret - play 5 3 then 2 on high E] [D] name ............. [D] Where the streets have no name (Head voice, lips tight) We're still building Then [G] burning down love, burning down love And when I [Bm] go there I go there with [A] you... (it's all I can [D] do) [Play high D octave 7 10 no B and lower notes for vamp]
[Verse 2] The city's a [D] flood And our love turns to [D] rust We're beaten and [D] blown by the wind Trampled in [G] dust I'll show you a [Bm] place High on a [A] desert plain Where the [C] streets have no name Oh Ah Where the streets have no
[Chorus] [D] Name ...... Where the streets have no name We're still building [G] Then burning down love, burning down love [Bm] And when I go there [A] I go there with you... [D] it's all I can do [D] Our love turns to rust [D] We're beaten and [G] blown by the wind, blown by the wind Oh when I [Bm] go there, I go there [A] with you It's all I can [D] d
[Outro as per intro] D x 4 G x 4 D x 4 G x 4 Bm x 4 A x 2 then D
[Additional notes] E-7710 10 8 7 8 10 - Play lower notes for verse - then full chords for chorus Try plucking with low open D ringing - 1010 > 107 78 77 78 < [Intro] (Synth) D G Bm A D G D G Bm A (Guitar) D (over synth) D D G D G Bm A C
