[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!
[Intro - No drums] D e|-2-----3p2----2p0-----------| B|---------------------5p3----| G|----------------------------| D|----0------0------0------0--| x 4 A|----------------------------| E|----------------------------|
[Verse 1 - Capo 3 - Dont bother live - Vocal melody sings a D7 so you can put that in - first 2 notes - D to C] [D] I [D7]am unwritten [D7sus2-xx0120]Can't [D7]read [Dsus4]my [D]mind, [D7sus2]I'm [D7]un [Dsus4]de [D]fined [D]I'm [D7]just beginning The [D7sus2]pen's [D7]in [Dsus4]my [D]hand, [Dmaj7]end [D]ing [Dsus4]un [D]planned
[Pre-Chorus - Bass drum] [D] Staring at the blank page be [C] fore you Open up the dirty [Bm] window Let the sun illumi [Gm/Bb] nate the words that you could not find [D] Reaching for something in the [C] distance So close you can almost [Bm] taste it Release your inhi [N.C.] bitions ... Feel the rain on your
[Chorus - Full drums] [Bm] skin - no one [Em] else can feel it [G] for you Only [D] you can let it [Bm] in No one [Em] else, no one [G] else can speak the [D] words on your [Bm] lips Drench your [Em] self in words un [G] spoken Live your [D] life with arms wide [Bm] open Today [Em] is where [G] your book begins [No Chord] The rest is still unwritten
[Vamp] [D] 4 times round riff
[Verse 2] [D] I [D7]break tradition [D7sus2]Some [D7]times [Dsus4]my [D]tries are [D7sus2]out [D7]side [Dsus4]the [D]lines [xx02xx]i [xx05x0]i [xx023x]i [D]We've [D7]been conditioned To [D7sus2]not [D7]make [Dsus4]mis [D]takes, but I [D]can't live that way [Dsus4]Oh [D5]oooo
[Pre-Chorus] [D] Staring at the blank page be [C] fore you Open up the dirty [Bm] window Let the sun illumi [Gm/Bb] nate the words that you could not find [D] Reaching for something in the [C] distance So close you can almost [Bm] taste it Release your inhi [N.C.] bitions ... Feel the rain on your
[Chorus] [Bm] skin - no one [Em] else can feel it [G] for you Only [D] you can let it [Bm] in No one [Em] else, no one [G] else can speak the [D] words on your [Bm] lips Drench your [Em] self in words un [G] spoken Live your [D] life with arms wide [Bm] open Today [Em] is where (remember going quickly to another chorus) [G] your book begins Feel the rain on your
[Bm] skin - no one [Em] else can feel it [G] for you Only [D] you can let it [Bm] in No one [Em] else, no one [G] else can speak the [D] words on your [Bm] lips Drench your [Em] self in words un [G] spoken Live your [D] life with arms wide [Bm] open Today [Em] is where [G] your book begins [No Chord] The rest is still unwritten
[Vamp] [D][G] x 2
[Bridge - CHORDS CHANGE - BIG HARMONIES - VOCALS FOLLOW F# TO G] [D] Staring at the blank page be [G] fore you Open up the dirty [D] window Let the sun illumi [G] nate the words that you could not find [D] Reaching for something in the [G] distance So close you can almost [D] taste it [Vocal melody next is GG F#G F#G - Play Dsus4 figure] Release your inhibi [G]tions ... [G is on bass drum then stop drums - don't get to snare - High A - HOLD]
[BREAK - big fill across vocals] [G]Feel the rain on your
[Chorus - Drums back] [Bm] skin - no one [Em] else can feel it [G] for you Only [D] you can let it [Bm] in No one [Em] else, no one [G] else can speak the [D] words on your [Bm] lips Drench your [Em] self in words un [G] spoken Live your [D] life with arms wide [Bm] open Today [Em] is where [G] your book begins - feel the rain on your skin
[Chorus] [Bm] skin - no one [Em] else can feel it [G] for you Only [D] you can let it [Bm] in No one [Em] else, no one [G] else can speak the [D] words on your [Bm] lips Drench your [Em] self in words un [G] spoken Live your [D] life with arms wide [Bm] open Today [Em] is where [G] your book begins [N.C.] The rest is still unwritten
