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!
[Intro - No drums] [G][D][Em7][Em7] [C][D][Em7][Em7]
[Verse 1 - No drums] You're the [G] light, you're the night You're the [Bm7] color of my blood You're the [Em7] cure, you're the pain You're the [Em7] only thing I wanna touch [C] Never [D] knew that it could mean so much, [Em7] so much
You're the [G] fear, I don't care 'Cause I've [Bm7] never been so high Follow [Em7] me to the dark Let me [Em7] take you past our satellites [C] You can s [D] ee the world you brought to lif [Em7] e, to life
[Chorus - Sing low - No drums] So [G] love me like you do, l-l- [Bm7] love me like you do [Em7] Love me like you do, l-l- [C] love me like you do [Am] Touch me like you do, t-t-t [Em] ouch me like you do [Dsus4] ......What are you [D] waiting for?
[Verse 2] Fading [G] in, fading out On the [Bm7] edge of paradise Every [Em7] inch of your skin is a [Em7] holy grail I've got to find [C] Only [D] you can set my heart on fire, [Em7] on fire (high bit - go low) Yeah, I'll [G] let you set the pace [Bm7] 'Cause [Em7] I'm not thinking [Em7] straight My [C] head spin ing a round [D] I can't see clear no [Em7] more (Gradually mute the Em7) What are you waiting for?
[Chorus] [G] Love me like you do, l-l- [Bm7] love me like you do (like you do) [Em7] Love me like you do, l-l- [C] love me like you do [Am] Touch me like you do, t-t-t [Em] ouch me like you do [Dsus4] ......What are you wa [D] iting for?
[G] Love me like you do, l-l- [Bm7] love me like you do (like you do) [Em7] Love me like you do, l-l- [C] love me like you do [Am] Touch me like you do, t-t-t [Em] ouch me like you do [Dsus4] ......What are you wa [D] iting for?
[Interlude - Drums stop] G D Em7 Em7
[Bridge - No drums] Yeah, I'll [G] let you set the pace [Bm7] 'Cause [Em7] I'm not thinking [Em7] straight My [C] head spin ing a round [D] I can't see clear no [Em7] more (Gradually mute the Em7 - free time ish back in) What are you waiting for?
[Chorus - Drums back in] [G] Love me like you do, l-l- [Bm7] love me like you do (like you do) [Em7] Love me like you do, l-l- [C] love me like you do [Am] Touch me like you do, t-t-t [Em] ouch me like you do [Dsus4] ......What are you wa [D] iting for?
[G] Love me like you do, l-l- [Bm7] love me like you do (like you do) [Em7] Love me like you do, l-l- [C] love me like you do [Am] Touch me like you do, t-t-t [Em] ouch me like you do [Dsus4] ......What are you wa [D] iting for? (drums stop)
