[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/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-------------------------------
