[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 - 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]
