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!
Drum bit in solo - just strum F twice then play Bass drum twice then play snare and F at same time to complete 5 notes [Intro - BPM 150] - pattern Emaj triad, then 2 x D triads repeat e|----------13-------------12--------------10---------------8-------| B|------------------------------------------------------------------| G|------14------14------12-----12------10------10-------9-------9---| D|---0---------------0--------------0---------------0---------------| A|------------------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------------------| Let Ring...
[Vamp] Dsus2 with bends on 3rd fret of low A and low D then play G to go into 1st verse
[Verse] [D] It's all the same, [C] only the names will [G] change [C] And ev'ry [G] day, it [F] seems we're wasting [D] away [D] Another place, [C] where the faces are so [G] cold [C] I'd drive all [G] night, just [F] to get back [D] home
[Chorus] I'm a [C] cowboy [G] , on a [F] steel horse I [D] ride I'm [C] wanted [G] , [F] dead or a [D] live [C] Wanted [G] , [F] dead or a [D] live
[Intro again]
[Verse] [D] Sometimes I sleep, [C] sometimes it's not for [G] days [C] and people I meet [G], always [F] go their separate [D] ways [D] Sometimes you tell the day, by the [C] bottle that you [G] drink [C] And times when you're [G] alone, and [F] all you do is [D] think
[Chorus] I'm a [C] cowboy [G] , on a [F] steel horse I [D] ride I'm [C] wanted [G] , [F] dead or a [D] live [C] Wanted [G] , [F] dead or a [D] live
[Intro again]
[Solo - Verse chords]
Ooooh and I'm a [C] cowboy [G], on a [F] steel horse I [D] ride I'm wanted [C][G] (wanted), [F] dead or a [D] live
[Verse] [D] And I walk these streets, a loaded [C] six string on my [G] back I [C] play for keeps [G] 'cause I [F] might not make it [D] back I been [D] everywhere, still I'm [C] standing [G] tall I've [C] seen a million [G] faces, and I've [F] rocked them all [D]
[Chorus/Outro] I'm a [C] cowboy [G] , on a [F] steel horse [D] I ride I'm [C] wanted [G] , [F] dead or a [D] live [C] Wanted [G] , [F] dead or a [D] live
I'm a [C] cowboy [G] , I got the [F] night on my [D] side I'm [C] wanted [G] , [F] dead or a [D] live
Dead or a [C] live, (Dead or a [G] live), [F] dead or a [D] live I still drive [C] (still [G] drive), [F] dead or a [D] live
[C] Dead or a [G] live, [F] dead or a [D] live [C] Dead or a [G] live, [F] dead or a [D] live
