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!
BPM - 194 - vox - left - double variation, middle double, right double with reverb
[Intro] [C][F][Bb][F] - Play straight 1 2 1 2 with swing pick up when going back to C Play at barre chords to start - C at 8th fret, F at 8th, Bb at 6th Also with slide to C from Bb at start (or hammer on from 888888 to 81010988?) (Talking) "Were so glad to see so many of you lovely people here tonight, and we would especially like to welcome all the representatives of Illinois' law enforcement community who have chosen to join us here in the palace hotel ballroom at this time. We certainly hope you all enjoy the show, and remember people, that no matter who you are and what you do to live, thrive and survive, there're still some things that make us all the same. You, me, them, everybody, everybody."
[Verse - repeat pattern C F Bb F] [C] Ev [F] ery [Bb] bo [F] dy - [C] needs [F] some [Bb] bo [F] dy [C] Ev [F] ery [Bb] bo [F] dy - [C] needs [F] some [Bb] bo [F] dy to [C] love [F][Bb][F] (someone to ..... [C]love) [F][Bb][F] Sweetheart to [C] miss [F] (sweetheart to [Bb] miss) ... [F] Sugar to [C]kiss [F] (sugar to [Bb] kiss) ... [F] I need [C] you, [F] you, [Bb] you .... [F] I need [C] you, [F] you, [Bb] you .... [F] I need [C] you, [F] you, [Bb] you in the [F] morning [C] you, [F] you, [Bb] you when [F] my soul's [C] on [F] fire [Bb][F]
[Chorus] [Am] Sometimes I feel [F] I feel a little sad inside [Am] When my baby mistreats me .... I [G] never, never, never have a place to hide ..I need [C] You
[Horns] Descending - [C][C9][F][F] x 2 Ascending [C-x32010][C-x3555x][F-587565][F-881010108] x 2 Descending with harmony - [C-X32013][C-X32031][F][F] x 2 (ascending figure) [C][C-x3555x][F-587565][F-881010108] x 2
[Chorus] [Am] Sometimes I feel [F] I feel a little sad inside [Am] When my baby mistreats me .... I [G] never, never, never have a place to hide ..I need [C] You
[Bridge] (No chords just talking) You know people, when you do find that special somebody You gotta hold that man, hold that woman Love him, please him, squeeze her, please her Signify your feelings with every gentle caress Because it's so important to have that special somebody To hold, to kiss, to miss, to squeeze and please
[Verse - Play chords down neck for fuller sound?] [C] Ev [F] ery [Bb] bo [F] dy - [C] needs [F] some [Bb] bo [F] dy [C] Ev [F] ery [Bb] bo [F] dy - [C] needs [F] some [Bb] bo [F] dy to [C] love [F][Bb][F] (someone to ..... [C]love) [F][Bb][F] Sweetheart to [C] miss [F] (sweetheart to [Bb] miss) ... [F] Sugar to [C]kiss [F] (sugar to [Bb] kiss) ... [F] I need [C] you, [F] you, [Bb] you .... [F] I need [C] you, [F] you, [Bb] you .... [F]
[C] [End]
[Notes] Horns - second C C9 F F the line just splits into octaves - could play C at 7th fret and play high E to D as per Ghostbusters and then repeat next section as before
