Peter Gabriel-Sledgehammer
[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------------
[INTRO WITH HORN RIFF]
[E5]xxx x[E5][Dsus2][E5] xxxx xxxx(riff)
[E5]xxx x[E5][Dsus2][E5] xxxx xxxx(riff)
[Bb/D - x7555x]xxx x[C/E][D][A] xxxx x[A][A7sus4]x
[B7sus4]xxx xxxx [B-x-9-9-11-12-x]xxx xxxx
[E] Yeah - hey, [Dsus2] use it, [E] ... [Dsus2] everybody [E] use it! [Dsus2]
[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
[Vamp]
[Em] Sledge! [Dsus2] [Em] Sledge [Dsus2]
[Em] [Dsus2] [Em] Sledge [Dsus2] hammer!
[Pan Pipe section]
[Em] [Dsus2] [Em] [Dsus2] - [C] ([C][C][C][D]) [A] [A7]
[Em] [Dsus2] [Em] [Dsus2] - [C] ([C][C][C][D]) [A] [A7]
I-keep-a---running!-
[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!
[End]
[Em]