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 - BPM 110] [Ebm6-x68x78] - 8 bars reggae off beat Rhythm for this and verse --^v--^---^---^- B---S---B---S---
[Verse] [Ebm6] Last night I had the [Bb] strangest dream [Dm] I sailed away to China [C] in a little rowboat to find ya [Ebm6] And you said you had to get your [Bb] laundry clean [Dm] Didn't want no one to hold you, [C] (Csus4 Riff) what does that mean And you said
[Chorus] [F] Ain't nothing gonna [Bb] break my [C] stride [Am] Nobody gonna [Dm] slow [C] me [Bb] down, oh, no [Bb] I've got to keep on [Dm] mov [C] ing [F] Ain't nothing gonna [Bb] break my [C] stride [Am] Im runnin and I [Dm] won't [C] touch [Bb] ground, oh, no [Bb] I've got to keep on [Dm] mov [C] ing
[Verse] [Ebm6] You're on the road and now yo [Bb] u pray it lasts [Dm] The road behind was rocky, [C] but now you're feeling cocky [Ebm6] You look at me and you [Bb] see your past [Dm] Is that the reason why you're [C] (Csus4 Riff) runnin' so fast And she said
[Chorus] [F] Ain't nothing gonna [Bb] break my [C] stride [Am] Nobody gonna [Dm] slow [C] me [Bb] down, oh, no [Bb] I've got to keep on [Dm] mov [C] ing [F] Ain't nothing gonna [Bb] break my [C] stride [Am] Im runnin and I [Dm] won't [C] touch [Bb] ground, oh, no [Bb] I've got to keep on [Dm] mov [C] ing
[Solo]
[Ebm6][Bb] E -8----------------------6-- B -7----------------------6-- G -x-8-7-8-7-8---9---7----7-- D -8----------------------8-- A -6-6-5-6-5-6---7---5----8-- E -x----------------------6--
[Dm][C] E -5----------------------8-- B -6----------------------8-- G -7-8-7-8-7-8---12--10---9-- D -7----------------------10-- A -5-8-7-8-7-8---10--8----10- E -x----------------------8-
(Repeat above - but play ascending C riff below the second time)
[C(x32010)][C][Csus4(x33010)] [C(x3555x)] x x [C(x3555x)][Fm]
[Bridge] [Fm] Never let another girl like you.. [Bb] work me over [Fm] Never let another girl like you.. [Bb] drag me under [Gm] If I ever meet another girl like you.. [C] I will tell her [Gm] Never want another girl like you [C] (Csus4 Riff) HAVE TO SAY [D] OH
[Chorus - think same pattern as with F but just up 2 frets - all barres] [G] Ain't nothing gonna [C] break my [D] stride [Bm] Nobody gonna [Em] slow [D] me [Am] down, oh, no [Am] I've got to keep on [Em] mov [D] ing [G] Ain't nothing gonna [C] break my [D] stride [Bm] Im runnin and I [Em] won't [D] touch [Am] ground, oh, no [Am] I've got to keep on [Em] mov [D] ing
[G] Ain't nothing gonna [C] break my [D] stride [Bm] Nobody gonna [Em] slow [D] me [Am] down, oh, no [Am] I've got to keep on [Em] mov [D] ing [G] Ain't nothing gonna [C] break my [D] stride [Bm] Im runnin and I [Em] won't [D] touch [Am] ground, oh, no [Am] I've got to keep on [Em] mov [D] ing
[Outro] [G] Ain't nothing gonna [C] break my [D] stride [Bm] Nobody gonna [Em] slow [D] me [Am] down, oh, no [Am] I've got to keep on [Em] mov [D] ing [G] Ain't nothing gonna [C] break my [D] stride [Bm] Im runnin and I [Em] won't [D] touch [Am] ground, oh, no [Am] I've got to keep on [Em] mov [D] ing
[End] [G]
[Note] - Ebm6 x68x78 - think Ebm7 but mute G with third finger by angling down across string after fretting 8th fret on D
[C Riff] [C(x32010)][C][Csus4(x33010)] [C(x3555x)] x x [C(x3555x)][Fm]
