[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 108 - No drums - chug chords - BE CAREFUL KEYCHANGE] | B | B | (play sus4 as follows - 1 2 3 4 - 1 2 3 4 - (1)(2)3 4 - 1 2 3 4)
[Chorus - No drums - with E can play Emaj7 at points] If I could [B]turn back time .... If I could [E] find a way ....I'd take back [C#m] those words that hurt you and you'd stay [F#] (12341234)
[Verse 1 - Pattern with chords - first onbeat, next off - repeat] [F#] I don't know [B] why I did the [E]things I [F#] did [F#] I don't know [B] why I said the [E]things I [F#] said [F#] Love's like [B]a knife it can [E] cut deep insi [F#] ide (all straight on chords - drums in) [F#] words are like [B]weapons, they [E]wound some(snare) [F#] times
[Pre-Chorus - E G# F# as one single phrase sort of - XxxX xXXx xxxx xxxx] [E][G#m][F#] I didn't really mean to [E] hurt you [G#m][F#] I didn't wanna see you go [E]I know i made you cry, (drums in) [F#] but baby if I could
[Chorus - Full open downstrokes on chords] turn [B] back time .... If I could [E] find a way....I'd take back[C#m] those words that had hurt you and you'd [F#] stay (1 bar dropped) .. If I could [B] reach the stars I'd give them all [E] to you...Then you'd [C#m] love me, love me, love me like used to (drums stop) (rhythm of next chords F#xxB xxxx ExxF# xxxx ) do [F#]xx[B] xxxx [E] If I [F#] could turn back
[Verse 2 - Light drums] [F#] My world was [B] shattered I was [E] torn a [F#] part [F#] Like someone [B] took a knife and drove it [E] deep in my [F#] heart [F#] You walk out that [B] door I swore that [E] i didn't [F#] care but I (full drums in) [F#] lost every [B] thing darling [E] then and [F#] there (1234)
[Pre-Chorus] [E][G#m][F#] Too strong to tell you I was [E] sorry [G#m][F#] Too proud to tell you I was wrong [E] And I know that I was blind [F#] and darling If I could
[Chorus] turn [B] back time .... If I could [E] find a way....I'd take back[C#m] those words that had hurt you and you'd [F#] stay (1 bar dropped) .. If I could [B] reach the stars I'd give them all [E] to you...Then you'd [C#m] love me, love me, love me like you used to [F#] do aaaaaaah (drums stop) (12341234)
[Ending to avoid complexity and key change] Repeat chorus then [F#][B][E] If I could[F#] turn back [B] Time
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[Bridge - just bass drum] [F#][B][E] If I could[F#] turn back [F#] time .[B]...... (turn back [E] time) If I could[F#] turn back [F#] time .[B]...... (turn back [E] time) If I could[F#] turn back [F#] time .[B]...... [E] oh [F#] babe
[Big riff - all hits with snare] beh [F#] x x [B] - x x x [E] - [E] x [F#][F#] - x x x x
[Pre-Chorus - Drums fully in] [E][G#m][F#] I didn't really mean to [E] hurt you [G#m][F#] I didn't wanna see you go [E]I know i made you cry, [F#] but baby if I could
[Chorus - Get ready for key change] [B] turn back time ... If I could [E] find a way, I'd take [C#m] back those words that hurt you (2 bars dropped) If I could [D] reach the stars I'd give them [G] all to you Then you'd [Em] love me, love me, love me like you used to [A] do (previous dropped bar stays - 'If' comes in on 3rd beat of 1st bar - bass drum) If I could turn back time ...... [D] turn back time If I could [G] find a way Then [Em] maybe maybe maybe you'd [A] stay [End on D]
