[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 Riff] [Am] - 4 bars - riff effectively 3 times Start with riff no drums, then drums in - made riff fuller E ------------------------ B ------------------------ G ------22--[drums in]--22- D ------22- oh baby baby22- A ------00--------------00- (repeat) E -----3---------------3-- 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 - User power chords mainly muted] [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]
