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!
[Verse] [Bm] Last night a little dancer came dancin' to my door [Asus4] Last night a little angel came [Gsus2] pumpin' cross my [E7sus4] floor [D][A] [Bm] She said "Come on baby I got a licence for love [Asus4] And if it expires pray [Gsus2] help from above [E7sus4] becaus [D] e [A]
[Chorus] [Bm] In the midnight hour she cried- "more, more, more" [Asus4] With a rebel yell she cried- [Gsus2] "more, more, [E7sus4] more" [D][A] [Bm] In the midnight hour babe- "more, more, more" [Asus4] With a rebel yell- " [Gsus2] more, more, [E7sus4] more" [D] More, [A] more, [Bm] more
[Verse] [Bm] She don't like slavery, she won't sit and beg [Asus4] But when I'm tired and lonely she sees [Gsus2] me to bed [E7sus4][D][A] [Bm] What set you free and brought you to me babe [Asus4] What set you free I need you [Gsus2] here by me [E7sus4] because [D][A]
[Chorus] [Bm] In the midnight hour she cried- "more, more, more" [Asus4] With a rebel yell she cried- " [Gsus2] more, more, [E7sus4] more" [D][A] [Bm] In the midnight hour babe- "more, more, more" [Asus4] With a rebel yell- " [Gsus2] more, more, [Bm] more"
[Bridge] [G][F#m] [E] He lives in his own heaven [G][F#m] [E] Collects it to go from the seven eleven [G][F#m] [E] Well he's out all night to collect a fare [G][F#m] [Em7] Just so long, just so long it don't mess up his [D] hair [A][Bm]
[Verse] (bass only) [Bm] I walked the ward with you, babe [Asus4] A thousand miles with [Gsus2] you [E7sus4][D][A] [Bm] I dried your tears of pain, babe [Asus4] A million [Gsus2] times for [E7sus4] you [D][A]
[Bm] I'd sell my soul for you babe [Asus4] For money to burn with [Gsus2] you [E7sus4][D][A] [Bm] I'd give you all, and have none, babe Justa, [Asus4] justa, justa, justa to have you [Gsus2] here by me [E7sus4]
(guitar in) Be [D] Cause [A]
[Chorus] [Bm] In the midnight hour she cried- "more, more, more" [Asus4] With a rebel yell she cried- " [Gsus2] more, more, [E7sus4] more" [D][A] [Bm] In the midnight hour babe- "more, more, more" [Asus4] With a rebel yell she cried " [Gsus2] more, more, [E7sus4] more" [D] More, [A] more, [Bm] more Oh yeah, little [Asus4] baby she want m [Gsus2] ore [E7sus4] More, more, [D] more, [A] more, [Bm] more oh yeah, little angel [Asus4] she want m [Gsus2] ore [E7sus4] More, more, [D] more, [A] more, [Bm] more [Bm]
