[Intro - No drums, no bass - just guitar] [G][A7][C/D][G]
[Verse 1] [G] Three little birds, [A7] sat on my window [C/D] And they told me I don't need to wor [G] ry [G] Summer came like cinna [A7] mon, so sweet [C/D] Little girls double-dutch on the con [G] crete
[Em7] Maybe some [B7/D#] times, we've [Em7] got it wrong, but it's alright [A9] The [Cmaj7] more things seem to change, the more [Cmmaj7] (drums stop) they stay the same Oh, don't you hesitate
[Chorus] [G] Girl, put your records on, [A7/E] tell me your favourite song [C/D] You* go ahead, let your hair [G] down (drop 'You' high note) [G] Sapphire and faded jeans, [A7/E] I hope you get your dreams, [C/D] Just go ahead, let your hair [G] down [Cmaj7] You're gonna find yourself [Cmmaj7-x31003] somewhere, some (drums stop) [G] how
[Vamp] [G]
[Verse 2] (Drums back in) [G] Blue as the sky, [A7] sunburnt and lonely, [C/D] Sipping tea in a bar by the roads [G] ide, (just relax, just [G] relax) Don't you let those other boys [A7] fool you, [C/D] Got to love that afro hair [G] do
[Em7] Maybe [B7/D#] sometimes, we feel [Em7] afraid, but it's alright [A9] The [Cmaj7] (drums stop) more you stay the same, the more they [Cmmaj7] seem to change (drums back in) Don't you think it's strange?
[Chorus] [G] Girl, put your records on, [A7/E] tell me your favourite song [C/D] You* go ahead, let your hair [G] down [G] Sapphire and faded jeans, [A7/E] I hope you get your dreams, [C/D] Just go ahead, let your hair [G] down  [Cmaj7] You're gonna find yourself [Cmmaj7-x31003] somewhere, (drums stop) some how
[Bridge] (Drums back) [Am7] 'Twas more than I could take, pity for pity's sake [Em] Some nights kept me awake, [N.C.] I thought that I was stronger [Am7] When you gonna realise, that you don't even [G/B] have to [Cmaj7] try any [Am7] longer? [Cmaj7] Do what you want to
[Chorus] (Drums stop) [G] Girl, put your records on, (drums back in) [A7/E] tell me your favourite song [C/D] You go ahead, let your hair [G] down (oh, let your hair down!) [G] Sapphire and faded jeans, [A7/E] I hope you get your dreams (hope you get your dreams) [C/D] Just go ahead, let your hair [G] down (sister, let your hair down!)
[G] Girl, put your records on, [A7/E] tell me your favourite song [C/D] You go ahead, let your hair [G] down [G] Sapphire and faded jeans, [A7/E] I hope you get your dreams, [C/D] Just go ahead, let your hair [G] down [Cmaj7] You're gonna find yourself [Cmmaj7] somewhere, some [G] how
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!