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 - CAPO 3rd FRET - BPM 134 - NO DRUMS AT START] Key board riff - Cm at 8th fret - play high minor 3rd mute by angling 3rd Cm...............A#................Fm.................Eb 8-10-x-8-8-12 .. 13-12-10-11-10 .. 13-0-0-13-13-13 .. 11-13-13-12-11-11
[Verse - Chords relative to Capo] You [Am] leave in the morning with every [G] thing you own in a [Dm] little black [C] case [Am] Alone on the platform the [G] wind and the rain on a [Dm] sad and [C] lonely ......
[Keyboard riff x 2- DRUMS IN NOW] Am G Dm C x 2 Face (hold over keyboard riff)
[Verse] [Am] mother will never un [G] derstand why you [Dm] had to lea.... eve [C] For the [Am] answers you seek will [G] never be found at [Dm] home [C] For the [Am] love you need will [G] never be found at [Dm] home [C]
[Chorus] Run a [Am] way turn away run a [G] way turn away run a [Dm] way [C] Run a [Am] way turn away run a [G] way turn away run a [Dm] way [C]
[Verse] [Am] Pushed around and [G] kicked around always a [Dm] lonely boy [C] [Am] You were the one that theyd talk [G] about around [Dm] town as they put you [C] down And as [Am] hard as they would try [G] they'd hurt to [Dm] make you cry iii[C] But youd [Am] never cry to [G] them just to your [Dm] soul [C] No you'd [Am] never cry to [G] them just to your [Dm] soul [C]
[Chorus] Run a [Am] way turn away run a [G] way turn away run a [Dm] way [C] Run a [Am] way turn away run a [G] way turn away run a [Dm] way [C] Run a [Am] way turn away run a [G] way turn away run a [Dm] way [C] Run a [Am] way turn away run a [G] way turn away run a [Dm] way [C]
[Outro] Cry [Am] ..... [G] cry boy cry boy cry [Dm][C] x 4
[Chorus] Run a [Am] way turn away run a [G] way turn away run a [Dm] way [C] Run a [Am] way turn away run a [G] way turn away run a [Dm] way [C] Run a [Am] way turn away run a [G] way turn away run a [Dm] way [C] Run a [Am] way turn away run a [G] way turn away run a [Dm] way [C]
THEN BACK TO START FINISHING AFTER FIRST CHORUS [Intro] e|-------0---------------3----------1-----1---------------0-------| B|--1------1---1---0-------0---0------3-----3---3---1-------1---1-| G|----2------2-------0-------0----------2-----2-------0-------2---| D|------2--------------0----------0---------------------2---------| A|0------------------------------------------------3--------------| E|----------------3-----------------------------------------------| MAIN RIFF e|----------------------------------------------------------------| B|----1-----1---1-----0-----0---0-----3-----3---3-----1-----1---1-| G|--2-----2---------2-----2---------2-----2---------2-----2-------| D|--------------------------------0-----0-----0-------------------| A|0-----0-----0-----------------------------------3-----3-----3---| E|----------------3-----3-----3-----------------------------------|
