[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!
[Verse 1] [Am] (Turn around) Every now and then I get a li [G] ttle bit lonely, and you're never coming round [Am] (Turn around) Every now and then I get a li [G] ttle bit tired of listening to the sound of my tears
[C] (Turn around) Every now and then I get a li [Bb] ttle bit nervous that the best of all the years have gone by [C] (Turn around) Every now and then I get a li [Bb] ttle bit terrified and then I see the look in your eyes
[Eb] (Turn around, [Ab] Bright eyes) Every now and the I fall apart [Eb] (Turn around, [Ab] Bright eyes) Every now and the I fall a
[Chorus] [G] part And I [Em] need you now, to [C] night, and I [D] need you more than [G] ever And if you [Em] only hold me [C] tight we'll be [D] holding on for [G] ever And we'll [Em] only be making it [C] right ' cause we'll [D] never be wrong To [C] gether we can take it to the [D] end of the line Your [Em] love is like a shadow on me [A] all of the time
I [G] don't know what to do and I'm [D] always in the dark We're [Em] living in a powder keg and [A] giving off sparks
I really need you ton [G] ight, for [D/F#] ever's gonna [G] start to [C] night For [D] ever's gonna start tonight (falling apart - just 1 2 3 4 with C C and C/D C/D)
[G] Once upon a time I was [Em] falling in love but [B7] now I'm only falling a [C] part [C/D] There's [Am] nothing I can do, a [D] total eclipse of the [G] heart [Em][C][D]
[G] Once upon a time there was [Em] light in my life but [B7] now there's only love in the [C] dark (no C/D - shorter) [Am] Nothing I can say, a [D] total eclipse of the [G] heart [Em][C][D][G]
[Instrumental] Am G Am G C Bb C Bb
[Verse 2] [Eb] (Turn around, [Ab] Bright eyes) Every now and the I fall apart [Eb] (Turn around, [Ab] Bright eyes) Every now and the I fall a
[Chorus] [G] part And I [Em] need you now, to [C] night, and I [D] need you more than [G] ever And if you [Em] only hold me [C] tight we'll be [D] holding on for [G] ever And we'll [Em] only be making it [C] right 'cause we'll [D] never be wrong
To [C] gether we can take it to the [D] end of the line Your [Em] love is like a shadow on me [A] ll of the time I [G] don't know what to do and I'm [D] always in the dark We're [Em] living in a powder keg and [A] giving off sparks
I really need you to [G] night, for [D/F#] ever's gonna [G] start to [C] night For [D] ever's gonna start tonight
[Outro] [G] Once upon a time I was [Em] falling in love but [B7] now I'm only falling a [C] part [C/D] [Am] Nothing I can say, a [D] total eclipse of the [G] heart [Em][C] A [D] total eclipse of the [G] heart [Em][C] A [D] total eclipse of the [G] heart [Em][C][D][G][Em][C]
