[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] [A] Hey, Mr. Churchill, [E] comes ...over here, to [A] say we're doing spl [E] endidly. [A] But it's very cold, [E] out here in the snow, [A] marching to and from the [E] enemy. [A] Oh, I say it's tough; [E] I have had enough, [A] can you stop the [E] caval- [A] ry?
[Interlude 1 - Use A up neck then E7 high up - Full drums] A E7 - A E - A E7 - A E - A E7 - (A E) A
A E7 E -12-12-10-9--10-9--7---- B -10----------9---------- G -9-----------9---------- D -x-----------9---------- A -0-----------7---------- E ------------------------
[Verse] [A] I have had to fight, [E] almost every night, [A] down throughout these [E] centuries. [A] That is when I say, [E] oh yes, yet again; [A] can you stop the [E] caval- [A] ry?
[Chorus] [E] Mary Bradley, [A] waits at home, [E] in the nuclear [A] fallout zone. [E] Wish I could be [A] dancing now, [E] in the arms of the [A] girl I love.
[Break - Just bass drum and can sing up an octave] [E] Dub-i-dub-i-dum-dum, dub-i-dub-i-dum, Dub-i- [A] dum-dum-dub-i-dum, dub-i-dub-i-dum. [E] Dub-i-dub-i-dum-dum, dub-i-dub-i-dum, Dub-i- [A] dum-dum-dub-i-dum, dub-i-dub-i-dum. [G] Wish I was at home for [D] Christmas.
[Interlude 2 - Bells bit - Slide D triad up and down the neck] A D A A, A D A A, A D A D , A D A A A A D A E --9-7-9-------9--2--9----- B ------10-12---10-3--10----- G ------9-------9--2--9---- D ------x-------x--0--x----- A ------0-------0--x--0----- E --------------------------
[Verse] [A] Bang goes another bomb, [E] on another town, [A] while the Tzar and [E] Jim have tea. [A] If I get home, [E] live to tell the tale, [A] I'll run for all [E] Presidencies. If [A] I get elected, [E] I'll stop; [A] I will stop the [E] caval- [A] ry.
[Interlude 1 - Use A up neck then E7 high up] A E7 - A E - A E7 - A E - A E7 - (A E) A
[Break - Just bass drum and can sing up an octave] [E] Dub-i-dub-i-dum-dum, dub-i-dub-i-dum, Dub-i- [A] dum-dum-dub-i-dum, dub-i-dub-i-dum. [E] Dub-i-dub-i-dum-dum, dub-i-dub-i-dum, Dub-i- [A] dum-dum-dub-i-dum, dub-i-dub-i-dum. [G] Wish I was at home for [D] Christmas.
[Chorus - Full drums] [E] Wish I could be [A] dancing now, [E] in the arms of the [A] girl I love. [E] Mary Bradley [A] waits at home, [E] she's been waiting [A] two years long. [G] Wish I was at home for [D] Christmas.
[Interlude 2 - Bells bit - Slide D triad up and down the neck] A D A A, A D A A, A D A D , - slow down and chords down neck A D A A (577655)
A A D A E --9-7-9-------9--2--9----- B ------10-12---10-3--10----- G ------9-------9--2--9---- D ------x-------x--0--x----- A ------0-------0--x--0----- E --------------------------
