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] [A/B] I can't fool myself, I don't want nobody else to ever love me [G/A] You are my shinin' star, my guiding light, my [Em7] love fan [G/A] tasy [A/B] (Em7 and G/A onbeat , A/B off as per intro)
There's not a minute, hour, day or night that I don't love you [G/A] You're at the top of my list 'cause I'm always [Em7]thinkin [G/A]of you [A/B] (chord rhythm as per intro)
I still remember in the days when I scared to touch you [G/A] How I spent my day dreamin' plannin' how to [Em7]say I love [G/A] you [A/B] (chord rhythm as per intro)
[A] You must have known that I had feelings deep enough to swim in [G/A] That's when you opened up your heart and you told me [G/A] to come in
[Chorus] [A6/B-x22222] Oh, my love [Em7] [Em7][F#m7]* [G] (Em7 on beat, *F#m7 off beat, [G] on beat)
A thousand [G] kisses from [A] you is ne [A6/B] ver too [Em7] much [Em7][F#m7]* [G] [G] I just don't wanna [A6-x02222] stop- Oh [A6/B] my love [Em7] [Em7][F#m7]* [G] [G] A million days in your [A6] arms is ne [A6/B] ver too [Em7] much [Em7][F#m7]* [G] [G] I just don't wanna [A6] stop- (drums and music stop)
Too much, never too much, never too much, never too much
(odd time sig here - adds one beat) [G/A] ..... [Gb/Ab][G/A][Ab/Bb][A/B] 1 2 1 2 3 xxxX
[Verse] [A/B] Woke up today looked at your picture just to get me started [G/A] I called you up but you weren't there and I [Em7] was [G/A] broken [A/B] hearted [A/B] Hung up the phone can't be too late the boss is so demanding [G/A] Open the door up and to my surprise there [Em7] you were [G/A] standing [A/B]
[A/B] Who needs to go to work to hustle for another dollar [G/A] I'd rather be with you cos you make my life [Em7] scream and [G/A] holler [A/B] [A/B] Love is a gamble that I'm so-oo glad that I am winning [G/A] We've come a long way and yet this is only [G/A] the beginning
[Chorus] [A6/B] Oh, my [Em7] love - [Em7][F#m7]* [G] [G] A thousand kisses from [A] you is [A6/B] never too [Em7] much [Em7][F#m7]* [G] [G] I just don't wanna [A6] stop-
Oh, my [Em7] love [Em7][F#m7]* [G] [G] A million days in your [A6] arms is ne [A6/B] ver too much [Em7] [Em7][F#m7]* [G] [G] I just don't wanna [A6] stop-
[A6/B] Oh, my love [Em7][F#m7]* [G] [G] A thousand kisses from [A6] you is ne [A6/B] ver too much [Em7] [Em7][F#m7]* [G] [G] And I just don't wanna [A6] stop-
[End] [Intro riffs - implying by just playing chords and then using little finger to play notes from riff] 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 E ---5---5---------3--3------------------------ B ---5---5---------3--5-----77--7--79*7*---------- G ---7---6---------4--4-----77--7--79-7------- D ---x---7---------6--x-------9---9------------- A ---x---x---------x--x------------------------------- E ---7---7---------6--6-------------------------------
