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 BPM 129 - Use 1st and 2nd fingers on left hand to fret notes so can get good bend] (Part 1) e|-3------------5---3-3----3p2------2- B|-3------------3---3---3--3---3----3- G|-0------------0---0------2-----2--2- D|-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0--------0--------0-
[Intro - 2nd Riff with drums x 2 - Snare pickup] e|-3-------3-----3--2--3-3--2--3--2--3 B|-0--1-1--0--1--0--3--0-0--3--0--3--0 G|-0--0-0--0--0--0--2--0-0--2--0--2--0 D|-0--2-2--0--2--0--0--0-0--0--0--0--0 A|----3-3-----3----------------------- E|-3-------3-----3-----3-3-----3-----3
[Verse 1] She was a [G] fast machine, she kept her [C] motor clean ..She was the [D] best damn woman that I [G] ever seen ..She had the [G] sightless eyes, telling [C] me no lies [D] Knockin' me out with those A [G] merican thighs ..Taking
[G] more than her share, had [C] me fighting for air, She [D] told me to come, but I was [G] already there ..'Cause the [G] walls start shaking, the [C] earth was quaking ..My [D] mind was aching, [##Stop and scroll##] and [D] we were making it [###################################################################]
[Chorus] And [G] you shook me [C] all [G/B] night [D] long [C][G/B] .. Yeah, [G] you shook me [C] all [G/B] night [D] long [C][G/B]
[Verse 2] Working [G] double time on the se [C] duction line ..She was [D] one of a kind, she's just [G] mine, all mine ..Wanted [G] no applause, just a [C] nother course ..Made a [D] meal out of me and [G] come back for more ..Had to
[G] cool me down to take a [C] -nother round, ..Now I'm [D] back in the ring to take a [G] -nother swing ..'Cause the [G] walls were shaking, the [C] earth was quaking ..My [D] mind was aching, and [D] we were making it
[Chorus] And [G] you shook me [C] all [G/B] night [D] long [C][G/B] .. Yeah, [G] you shook me [C] all [G/B] night [D] long And [C] knocked me [G/B] out I said [G] you shook me [C] all [G/B] night [D] long [C] You had me [G/B] shakin' and [G] you shook me [C] all [G/B] night [D] long [Dsus4] Yeah, you shook me [D] ..... Well, you took me
[Chorus] You really took me and [G] you shook me [C] all [G/B] night [D] long [C][G/B] Ooooh [G] you Shook me [C] all [G/B] night [D] long [C][G/B] Yeah, yeah, [G] you shook me [C] all. [G/B] [D] night long [C] You really [G/B] got me and [G] you shook me [C] all [G/B] night [D] long
[Outro] [C] Yeah, you [G/B] shook me .... [D] [C] Yeah, you [G/B] shook me .... [D] [D] All night long .... [D][D][D][D][D][D][D][D]
