[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 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]
