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] Dmaj7 pause {strummed upward once - x-x-0-11-10-9) Gm7, Am7, Bbmaj7 pause Em7, A7, Dmaj7 pause (Pa-ra-rah...) Gm7, Am7, Bbmaj7 pause Em7, A7 pause (Pa-ra-rah...) [Verse 1] Dmaj7 F#m7 When we met, I always knew Gmaj7 Bbmaj7/C-no-C7add9-x32333 I would feel the magic for you Dmaj7 F#m7 On my mind constantly Gmaj7 Bbmaj7/C In my arms is where you should be
[BRIDGE] C#m7 F#7 Bm7 E7 I love you here by me, baby Am7 D7 Gmaj7 Bbmaj7/C You let my love fly free C#m7 F#7 Bm7 E7 A7sus4 I want you in my life for all time
[Chorus] Em A7sus4 Bm7 Ahh hah hah, ahh hah hah-- Gmaj7 Caught up in the rapture of love Em7, F#m7, Bm7 Nothing else can compare Gmaj7 When I feel the magic of you Em7 A7sus4 Dmaj7 Ahh, hah hah, ahh hah hah--
[Verse 1] Dmaj7 F#m7 We stand side by side Gmaj7 Bbmaj7/C Till the storms of life pass us by Dmaj7 F#m7 Light my life, warm my heart Gmaj7 Bbmaj7/C Say tonight will be just the start
[BRIDGE] C#m7 F#7 Bm7 E7 I love you here by me, baby Am7 D7 Gmaj7 Bbmaj7/C You let my love fly free C#m7 F#7 Bm7 E7 A7sus4 I want you in my life for all time
[CHORUS II] Em7 A7sus4 Bm7 Ahh, hah hah, ahh hah hah-- Gmaj7 Caught up in the rapture of love Em7, F#m7, Bm7 Nothing else can compare Gmaj7 When I feel the magic of you Em7, F#m7, Bm7 The feeling's always new Gmaj7 Caught up in the rapture of you Em7 A7sus4 Dmaj7 Ahh, hah hah, ahh hah hah--
[REPEAT BRIDGE] C#m7 F#7 Bm7 E7 I love you here by me, baby Am7 D7 Gmaj7 Bbmaj7/C You let my love fly free C#m7 F#7 Bm7 E7 A7sus4 I want you in my life for all time
[REPEAT CHORUS II EXCEPT LAST LINE] [CODA] Em7 A7sus4 Bm7 Ahh, hah hah, ahh hah hah-- Gmaj7 Caught up in the rapture of love Em7, F#m7, Bm7 Ahh, hah hah, ahh hah hah-- Gmaj7 Caught up in the rapture of love
