Sledgehammer
Sledgehammer
Sledgehammer
by Peter Gabriel
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*from 'So' (1986)*
(modified from Johnny Couchman's original tab:
djb@uk.ac.bath.maths)
*CAPO 1st FRET*
(Original Key: Ebm)
Intro:
Dm, Bb7, G7, A7
Interlude:
D
C/D (x4)
Verse 1:
(C/D)
D
C/D, D C/D
You could have a stream train,
D
C/D
D
If you'd just lay down your tracks.
C/D
D
C/D
D
C/D
You could have an aero-plane, flying,
D
C/D
D
If you bring your blue sky back.
Bridge 1:
C/D
Bm
(D)
All you do is call me... I'll be anything you need.
Interlude:
D
C/D, D
C/D (n.C)
Verse 2:
(n.C)
D
C/D, D
You could have a big dipper,
C/D
D
C/D
D
C/D
Yeah,
C/D
(Yeah).
Interlude:
D
C/D, D
C/D (n.C)
Verse 3:
(n.C)
D
C/D, D C/D
Show me round your fruitcage,
D
C/D
D
'Cos I will be your honey bee.
C/D
D
C/D, D C/D
Open up your fruitcage,
D
C/D
D C/D
Where the fruit is as sweet as can be.
Chorus 2:
Bm7 C
I wanna be,
Em7
Bm7 C
(Your Sledgehammer).
Em7
Bm7
Why don't you call my name?
Em7
Bm7
You'd better call, (The Sledgehammer),
Em7
Bm7 C
Put your mind at rest. I'm gonna be;
Em7
Bm7 C
(The Sledgehammer),
Em7
Bm7 C
This can be my testimony,
yeah!
Em7
Bm7 C
I'm your sledgehammer,
Em7
Let there be no doubt about it.
Dm
A7
Sledge, sledge, sledgehammer.
Interlude:
Dm
Bb7, G7, Dm
Bb7, G7
Get ready!
Coda:
Dm
I've kicked the habit, (I've kicked the habit),
Bb7
G7
Shed my skin, (shed my skin).
Dm
This is the new stuff, (this is the new stuff),
Bb7
G7
I go dancing in, we go dancing in. Oh, won't you...
Dm
Show for me, (show for me),
Bb7
G7
I will show for you, (show for you).
Dm
Show for me, (show for me),
Bb7
G7
I will show for you, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Dm
I do mean you, only you,
Bb7
G7
You've been coming through, going to build that power,
Build, build, build, build, build that power.
Dm
I've been feeding my rhythm,
Bb7
G7
I've been feeding the rhythm, going to feel that power,
hey...
Dm
Build in you.
Bb7
Come on, come on help me do, come on, come on help me do.
G7
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, you!
Dm
Bb7
I've been feeding my rhythm, I've been feeding my rhythm.
G7
It's what we're doing, doing all day and night.
(Fade)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
--------------Dm
EADGBE
xx0231
Bm
EADGBE
x24432
Bb7
EADGBE
x13131
Bm7
EADGBE
x24232
G7
EADGBE
353433
EADGBE
xx0232
C
EADGBE
x32010
Em7
EADGBE
022030
C/D
EADGBE
xx0010
A7
EADGBE
x02223