[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!
Drums start S B B 4 & 1 [Intro BPM - 101 - Fast finger picking to start and for verses] C Fmaj7/C C Fmaj7/C C Fmaj7/C C Fmaj7/C
[Verse] [C] Once upon a time you [Dm7] dressed so fine You [Em] threw the bums a dime [F] in your prime [G] didn't you? [C] People'd call, say, " [Dm7] Beware doll, you're [Em] bound to fall" You thought [F] they were all [G] a kiddin' you [F] (2 arp section) You used to [G] laugh about [F] Everybody that was [G] hangin' out [F] Now you [Em] don't [Dm7] talk so loud [C] [F] Now you [Em] don't [Dm7] seem so proud [C] About [Dm7] (3 arps) having to be scrounging for [F] your next [G] meal. (fill - open right hand slap guitar body and strings at same time)
[Chorus - Strum - keyboard riff] How does it feel [C][F][G] How does it feel [C][F][G] To be without a home [C][F][G] Like a complete unknown [C][F][G] Like a rolling stone [C][F][G]
[Instrumental - Harmonica] 1 extra bar of G
[Verse] Aww, You've [C] gone to the finest [Dm7] school all right, Miss [Em] Lonely But you know you only [F] used to get ..... [G] juiced in it No [C] body has ever [Dm7] taught you how to live out [Em] on the street And now you're just [F] gonna have to get.......... [G] used to it [F] You said you'd never [G] compromise [F] With the mystery tramp, but now you [G] realize [F] He's not [Em] selling any [Dm7] alibis [C] [F] As you stare into the [Em] vacuum [Dm7] of his eyes [C] And [Dm7 - 3 arps] say do you wanna ..... [F] make a [G] deal?
[Chorus] How does it feel [C][F][G] How does it feel [C][F][G] To be on your own [C][F][G] With no direction home [C][F][G] A complete unknown [C][F][G] Like a rolling stone [C][F][G]
[Instrumental - Harmonica] 1 extra bar of G
[Verse] Aww, You [C] never turned around to [Dm7] see the frowns On the [Em]jugglers and the clowns [F] when they all did [G] tricks for you You [C] never understood that it [Dm7] ain't no good [Em] You shouldn't let [F] other people get your ..... [G] .......... kicks for you [F] You used to ride on the chrome horse with your [G] diplomat [F] Who carried on his shoulder a [G] Siamese cat [F] Ain't it hard [Em] when you dis [Dm7] cover tha [C] t [F] He wasn't [Em] really [Dm7] where it's at [C] [Dm7 - 3 arps] After he took from you everything [F] he could [G] steal.
[Chorus] How does it feel [C][F][G] How does it feel [C][F][G] To have you on your own [C][F][G] With no direction home [C][F][G] Like a complete unknown [C][F][G] Like a rolling stone [C][F][G]
[Instrumental - Harmonica] 1 extra bar of G
[Verse] Aww [C] , Princess on the [Dm7] steeple and all the [Em] pretty people [F] They're all drinkin', thinkin' that [G] they ..........got it made [C] Exchanging all [Dm7] precious gifts [Em] But you'd better [F] take your diamond ring, [G] you'd better pawn it babe [F - 2 arp section] You used to be [G] so amused [F] At Napoleon in rags [G] and the language that he used [F] Go to him now, he [Em] calls you, you [Dm7] can't refuse [C] [F] When you ain't got [Em] nothing, you got [Dm7] nothing to lose [C] You're [Dm7] invisible now, you got no [F] secrets to [G] conceal.
[Chorus] How does it feel [C][F][G] How does it feel [C][F][G] To be on your own [C][F][G] With no direction home [C][F][G] Like a complete unknown [C][F][G] Like a rolling stone [C][F][G]
[Repeat keyboard riff until end]
[Chords] Fmaj7/C x33210 Dm7 xx0211
[Notes] [Keyboard Riff] Version 1 Use thumb to play low F on F 1x3211 1x3011 1x3211
Version 2 x32010 slide up to Fleetwood mac chord x8x565 (barre to play both 5s) x8x585 x8x565 355433 G
