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!
During chorus play snare with no chord and the chord on upbeat for those pushes/stabs C to D section in chorus play Snare + Bass then chord with upstroke to get offbeat BPM 86 [Intro - run during C chord 32010 3x010 32010 3x210] (lifting finger off the B on A string helps emphasise the higher D) | G D | C | G D | C |
[Verse 1] [G] I don't [D] know where I'm [C] going, [C/G?] [G] but I [D] sure know where I've [C] been. [C/G?] [G] Hanging on the [D] promises in [C] songs of yesterday. [C] ...... [G/B] ... [Am] And I've made up my min [D] d [Am] I ain't wasting no more [D] time.... [C] ..... [D] . [Verse 2] [G] Though I keep [D] searching for an [C] answer, [C/G?] [G] I never seem to f [D] ind what I'm looking f [C] or.. [C/G?] [G] Oh Lord, I [D] pray you give me s [C] trength to carry on. [C] ...... [G/B] ... [Am] 'cause I know what it mean [D] s to [Am] walk along, the lonely street of [D] dreams.. [C] ... [D] .....
[Chorus] And [G] here I go a [C] gain on my o [D] wn.. [C] .... [D] .... going [G] down the only r [C] oad I've ever kn [D] own. [C] .... [D] ..... Like a d [G] rifter I was b [C] orn to walk a [D] lone. [C] .. [G/B] ....... [Am7] And I've made up my mi [D] nd, [Am7] I ain't wasting no more t [D] ime.. [C] ... [D] .....
[Verse 3] [G] I'm just another [D] heart in need of [C] rescue... [C/G?] ....... [G] waiting on [D] love's sweet chari [C] ty..... [C/G?] .... [G] And I'm gonna [D] hold on for the [C] rest of my days. [C] ...... [G/B] ... [Am7] 'cause I know what it mea [D] ns, to [Am7] walk along, the lonely street of [D] dreams.. [C] ... [D] .....
[Chorus] And [G] here I go a [C] gain on my o [D] wn.. [C] .... [D] .... going [G] down the only r [C] oad I've ever kn [D] own. [C] .... [D] ..... Like a d [G] rifter I was b [C] orn to walk a [D] lone. [C] .. [G/B] ....... [Am7] And I've made up my mi [D] nd, [Am7] I ain't wasting no more t [D] ime. But [C] here I [D] go a [Em] gain, [Am] here I go ag [Em] ain. [Am] Here I go ag [Em] ain, [Am] ooooh baby.. [Am] .... [C] ... [D] .
[Solo] | G D/G | C/G | G D/G | C/G | | G D/F# | C/E C G/B|
[Pre-chorus] [Am7] And I've made up my mi [D] nd, [Am7] I ain't wasting no more t [D] ime.. [C] ... [D] .....
[Chorus] And [G] here I go a [C] gain on my o [D] wn.. [C] .... [D] .... going [G] down the only r [C] oad I've ever kn [D] own. [C] .... [D] ..... Like a d [G] rifter I was b [C] orn to walk a [D] lone. [C] .. [G/B] ....... [Am7] And I've made up my mi [D] nd, [Am7] I ain't wasting no more t [D] ime.. [C] ... [D] .....
And [G] here I go a [C] gain on my o [D] wn.. [C] .... [D] .... going [G] down the only r [C] oad I've ever kn [D] own. [C] .... [D] ..... Like a d [G] rifter I was b [C] orn to walk a [D] lone. [C] .. [G/B] ....... [Am7] 'cause I know what it mea [D] ns, to [Am7] walk along, the lonely street of [D] dreams.. [C] ... [D] .....
And [G] here I go a [C] gain on my o [D] wn.. [C] .... [D] .... going [G] down the only r [C] oad I've ever kn [D] own. [C] .... [D] ..... Like a d [G] rifter I was b [C] orn to walk a [D] lone. [C] .. [G/B] ....... (fade out)
