[Keyboard Intro - Start melody is root note - in this case G - Capo 4 for original] (Random percussion - then full drums with Wooooh - Sing in harmoniser the riff)
[D] [D] [Bm] ([G][A])* (*sing 'body to love me') [D]......([D][A])
[Verse 1 - Melody starts on open G string - root note of G chord] [A] Clocks strikes upon the hour, and the [Bm] sun begins to fade, [A] still enough time to figure out how to [Bm] chase my blues away. [G] I've done alright [A] up 'til now, it's the [D] light of day that [G] shows me how, and [G] when the [D] night [A] falls, loneliness calls [G][G][G][G] .. [A][A]
[Chorus] [D] Oh! I wanna dance with somebody, [D] I wanna feel the heat with somebody. [Bm] Yeah! I wanna dance with somebody, [G] with some [Em] body who [A] loves me. [D] Oh! I wanna dance with somebody, I wanna feel the heat with somebody. [Bm] Yeah! I wanna dance with somebody, [G] with some [Em] body who [A]loves me. [D]
[Vamp] [D][D][D][D] [D][D9][D][D] - [D][A]
[Verse 2] [A] I've been in love and lost my senses, [Bm] spinning through the town, [A] soon or later the fever ends, and I [Bm] wind up feeling down. [G] I need a man who'll [A] take a chance, on a [D] love that burns hot [G] enough to last. and [G] when the [D] night [A] falls, loneliness calls [G][G][G][G] .. [A][A]
[Chorus] [D] Oh! I wanna dance with somebody, [D] I wanna feel the heat with somebody. [Bm] Yeah! I wanna dance with somebody, [G] with some [Em] body who [A] loves me. [D] Oh! I wanna dance with somebody, I wanna feel the heat with somebody. [Bm] Yeah! I wanna dance with somebody, [G] with some [Em] body who [A]loves me. [D]
[Bridge] [Bm] Somebody who , somebody who, [A] somebody to love me, [Bm] Somebody who , somebody who, [A] to hold me in his arms, oh! I [G] need a man who'll take a [A] chance, on a [D] love that burns hot [G] enough to last so [G] when the [D] night [A] falls, my lonely heart calls [G][G/F#][G][G/F#][A]
[KEY CHANGE - Chorus] [E] Oh! I wanna dance with somebody, [E] I wanna feel the heat with somebody. [C#m] Yeah! I wanna dance with somebody, [A] with some [F#m] body who [B] loves me. [E] Oh! I wanna dance with somebody, [E] I wanna feel the heat with somebody. [C#m] Yeah! I wanna dance with somebody, [A] with some [F#m] body who [B] loves me. [E]
[Interlude] x4 [E] oh oh oh oh dance (Dance)
[Bridge - Just strum chords fast same pattern as vocals on first line of each 3] [E] Don't you wanna dance? Say you wanna dance? Don't you wanna dance? (Dance) [E] Don't you wanna dance? Say you wanna dance? Don't you wanna dance? (Dance) [C#m] Don't you wanna dance? Say you wanna dance...(Dance) Uh-huh (slow down to stop) [A] With some[F#m] body who [B] loves me [E] (stop)
[End] [Keyboard Intro - Capo 2 - NEEDS TO BE CHANGED] ###################TAB NEEDS CHANGING TO KEY OF D - D D-X57775 x 2 Bm Bm7 G-3x003x G-3x0000 G-3x0002 A-x02220 Asus4
[D][D][Bm] E 0--03-------0--0------0-0-------0--03-------0--0------0-0-------0--03-------0--0------0-0--- B 1--11-------1---3-1------3-1----1--11-------1---3-1------3-1----1-----------1---3-1------3-1 G 0--00-------0-------------------0--00-------0-------------------2-----------2--------------- D 2--22-------2-------------------2--22-------2-------------------2-----------2--------------- A 3--33-------3-------------------3--33-------3-------------------0-----------0--------------- E -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- B---S---B---S---B---S---B---S---B---S---B---S---B---S
(as long as you love melody) [G][F9][A][D][D][C9][D][A] E 1--33-----------0---0--3---00--0--03-----------0-----0-----0-3-- B 1---1-----------1-3-1--3---11--1--11-----------1-3-1-1-----1-3- G 2---2-----------2---2--0---00--0--00-----------0-----0-----0-0- D 3---x-----------3---3--0---22--2--22-----------2-----2-----2-0 A 3---3-----------x------x---33--3--33-----------3-----3-----3-2- E 1---1-----------x------3-------------------------------------3- B---S---B---S---B---S---B---S---B---S---B---S---B---S---B---S---B
[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!
