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 Riff] [Am] - 4 bars - riff effectively 3 times Start with riff no drums, then drums in E ------------------------ B ------------------------ G ---------[drums in]----- D -------- oh baby baby--- A ------------------------ (repeat) E -----355-------------355 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 DR BSBB S B S B S BBSBB
[Verse - melody starts on A - Strum chords quietly and fully] [Am] Oh baby, baby, how [E]was I supposed to know [C] ... That [Dm]something wasn't [E]right (intro riff) here [Am] Oh baby, baby, I [E]shouldn't have let you go [C] .. And [Dm]now you're out of [E]sight, yeah (intro riff) [Am]Show me how you want it [E]to be .. Tell me [C]baby 'cause I need to [Dm]know now, [E]oh (intro riff)+because (you play E then riff quickly)
[Chorus - Fuller chords] [Am] My loneliness is [E]killing me (and I) [C] I must confess I [Dm]still believe [E] (still believe) [Am] When I'm not with you I lose [E] my mind .. Give me a si (backward drums - Play chord with snare and then bass drum - don't play chord over bass drum) [C]uh ... uh uh i ign (E chord - intro riff is quickly after playing) [Dm]Hit me baby [E]one (intro riff) more time [Am][DRUMS STOP]
[Verse] Oh baby, baby (drums back in xx xx xB Sx) The [E]reason I breathe is you [C] [Dm]Boy you got me [E]blinded (intro riff) [Am] Oh pretty baby .. There's [E] nothing that I wouldn't[C] do .. It's [Dm]not the way I [E]planned it (intro riff) [Am]Show me how you want it [E]to be .. Tell me [C]baby 'cause I need to [Dm]know now, [E]oh (intro riff) because
[Chorus] [Am] My loneliness is [E]killing me (and I) [C] I must confess I [Dm]still believe [E] (still believe) [Am] When I'm not with you I lose [E] my mind .. Give me a si (backward drums) [C]uh ... uh uh i ign [DRUMS STOP] [Dm]Hit me baby [E]one more time(snare) - (drums back in)
[Intro Vamp - with drums and lots of space] [Am] - 4 bars with riff at end [Am] - 4 bars with riff at end
[Verse - NO DRUMS - finger picking] [Am] Oh baby, baby how [E]was I supposed to [C] know ([Dm][E]) (BASS DRUMS COME IN LIGHTLY) [F] Oh pretty baby, I [G]shouldn't have let you [Dm]go ([F][G]) I must confess
(FULL DRUMS BACK IN) [Am].... that my loneliness [E] ..is killing me [C]no ow ow [C] ow oo Don't you [Dm]know I [E]still believe [F] ..That you will be [G] here ... And give me a [F] si i i i ign [Dm]Hit me baby (quicker chord changes coming up) [E]one more [G]time [Am][DRUMS STOP]
[Chorus] My loneliness (DRUM BACK IN xBSx) is [E] killing me (and I) [C] I must confess I [Dm]still believe [E] (still believe) [Am] When I'm not [Am]with you I lose [E] my mind .. Give me a si (backward drums) [C]uh ... uh uh [C]i ign [Dm] Hit me baby [E] I (intro riff) must con [Am] fess that My loneli [E] ness is killing me [C] now.....don't you [Dm]know I [E]still believe [Am] that you will be here [E] and (backward drums) Give me a si [C]uh ... uh uh [C]i ign [DRUMS STOP] [Dm]Hit me baby [E]one more time (big strum) [Am][End]
