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 Guitar and Drums] D Gm6/D-x55330 D D Gm/D Gm6/D D D
[Intro plus Oboe] D Gm/D D D Gm6/D Gm6/D D D
[Verse 1] D Gm/D D D I make it alone Gm6/D Gm6/D D D When love is gone D Gm/D D D Still you made your mark Gm6/D Gm6/D D D Here in my heart
[Chorus - Bm11 to make quick to Bm7 play x24x52 - just lift little finger off 5th fret of B as needed] D Gm6/D D D One day I'll fly away Bm11 Bm7 Bm11 Bm7 Em7 A7 Leave your love to yesterday Dm7 Dm7/C G7sus4 Gm7 What more can your love do for me Gm7/C-x33333 C7 Cdim C Bbm/F-113321 F When will love be through with me?
[Verse 2] D Gm/D D D I follow the night Gm6/D Gm6/D D D Can't stand the light D Gm/D D D When will I begin Gm6/D Gm6/D D D My life again
[Chorus] D Gm6/D D D One day I'll fly away Bm11 Bm7 Bm11 Bm7 Em7 A7 Leave your love to yesterday Dm7 Dm7/C G7sus4 Gm7 What more can your love do for me Gm7/C C7 Cdim C Bbm6-x13023 (think Bbmin7, lift fingers and add little finger at 3rd fret on E) When will love be through... (with bass walk up: Bb C Db Eb - tap with right hand on low E - 6 8 9 11 ensure fretting hand mutes left hand portion of low E string) Edim7-012020 F with me?
[Bridge] Gdim7/E-012020 Dm Dm Gm7 C7 Why live life from dream to dream A7/C# Dm Bbmaj7 A7 Dm7 And dread the day that drea - ming ends
[Strings Instrumental] D7/F# Eb9-xx1021 F F Bbm6/F-xx3323 Bbm6/F Bbm6-x13023 (with bass walk up: Bb C Db Eb) Em7-5-010030 F
[Chorus] D Gm6/D D D One day I'll fly away Bm11 Bm7 Bm11 Bm7 Em7 A7 Leave your love to yesterday Dm7 Dm7/C G7sus4 Gm7 What more can your love do for me Gm7/C C7 Cdim C Bbm6-x13023 When will love be through... (with bass walk up: Bb C Db Eb) Edim7-012020 F with me?
[Bridge] Gdim7/E-012020 Dm Dm Gm7 C7 Why live life from dream to dream A7/C# Dm Bbmaj7 A7 Dm7 And dread the day that drea - ming ends
[Instrumental Outro] D Gm6/D D D Gm/D Gm6/D D D Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
[Outro plus Strings] D Gm/D D D Gm6/D Gm6/D D D
[Repeating and fading Outro] D Gm6/D D D One day I'll fly away Gm6/D Gm6/D D D fly away D Gm6/D D D One day I'll fly away Gm6/D Gm6/D D D
D Gm6/D D D fly away Gm6/D Gm6/D D D
D Gm6/D D D fly away Gm6/D Gm6/D D D Hmmmmmmmmmmmm
