[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 - 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-----------------------------------|
