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Sledgehammer by Peter Gabriel
Sledgehammer
*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 steam 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
Going up and down, a-round the bends.
C/D D C/D D C/D
You could have a bumper car, bumping,
D C/D D C/D
This a-musement never ends.
[Chorus 1]
Bm7 C
I wanna be,
Em7 Bm7 C
(Your Sledgehammer).
Em7 Bm7 C
Why don't you call my name?
Em7 Bm7 C
Oh, let me be, (your Sledgehammer),
Em7
This will be my testimony.
D C/D
Yeah,
D 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 C
Why don't you call my name?
Em7 Bm7 C
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:
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Dm Bb7 G7 D C/D
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
xx0231 x13131 353433 xx0232 xx0010
Bm Bm7 C Em7 A7
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x24432 x24232 x32010 022030 x02223
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version 2
CAPO: 1st fret (Sounds in the key of Eb)
Chord names and fret positions are relative to the capo:
D = xx0232 G7 = 320001 Em7 = 022030
Cadd9 = x32003 A7 = x02020 Dm = xx0231
Bb = x13331 A7sus4 = x02030
C = x32010 Bm = x24432
^ = Emphasise the beat
[Intro freely]
e |-----------------|-----------------|------------|-------------------|
B |---3---/15---3---|---3---/15---3---|---1---/3---|-------------------|
G |-----------------|-----------------|------------|---2-p0------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|------------|--------3--p0------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|------------|---------------3---|
E |-----------------|-----------------|------------|-------------------|
[Main riff]
D Cadd9 D Cadd9
e |------2--------0---0---|------2-------0---0---|
B |------3--------3---3---|------3-------3---3---|
G |------2--------0---0---|------2-------0---0---|
D |---0-----------2---2---|---0----------2---2---|
A |---------0--h3---------|---------0-h3---------|
E |-----------------------|----------------------|
Bb C G7 A7 A7sus4
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | /_/ /_/ /_/ /_/ |
D Cadd9 D Cadd9 D Cadd9
Yeah - hey, use it, everybody use it!
[Verse 1]
D Cadd9 D Cadd9 D Cadd9
You could have a steam train, | / / / / |
D Cadd9 D
If you'd just lay down your tracks,
Cadd9 D Cadd9 D
You could have an aero - plane--- flying,
Cadd9 D Cadd9 D
If you bring your blue sky back,
Cadd9 Bm D Cadd9
All you do is call me, I'll be anything you need!
D D Cadd9 D
| /__/ /__/ /
^ ^ ^ ^
[Verse 2]
D Cadd9
You could have a big dipper,
D Cadd9 D Cadd9 D
Going up and down, all a - round the bends,
Cadd9 D Cadd9 D Cadd9
You could have a bumper car, bumping,
D Cadd9 D Cadd9
This a - musement never ends!
[Chorus]
Bm C Em7
I wanna be... your sledgehammer,
Bm C Em7
Why don't you call my name?
Bm C Em7
Ah! Oh, let me be your sledgehammer,
Bm C Em7
This will be my testimony,
D Cadd9 D Cadd9
Yeah! Yeah!
D Cadd9 D D Cadd9 D
| / / / / | /__/ /__/ /
^ ^ ^ ^
[Verse 3]
D Cadd9 D Cadd9
Show me round your fruit cage, | / / / / |
D Cadd9 D
'Cause I will be your honey bee,
Cadd9 D Cadd9 D Cadd9
Open up your fruit cage, | / / / / |
D Cadd9 D Cadd9
With a fruit that is sweet as can be!
[Chorus]
Bm C Em7
I wanna be... your sledgehammer,
Bm C Em7
Why don't you call my name?
Bm C Em7
Hah! You'd better call the sledgehammer,
Bm C Em7
Put your mind at rest,
Bm C Em7
I'm gonna be... your sledgehammer,
Bm C Em7
This can be my testimony,
Bm C Em7
Hah! I'm your... sledgehammer,
Bm C Em7
Let there be no doubt about it!
[Bridge]
Dm Cadd9 Dm Cadd9 Dm Cadd9
Sledge! Sledge! | / / / / |
Dm Cadd9 Dm Cadd9 Dm Cadd9
Sledge - hammer! | / / / / | / / / / |
Bb C G7 G Dm Cadd9 Dm Cadd9
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
Bb C G G7
| / / / / | / / I keep a - running!
^ ^
[Verse 4]
Dm Cadd9 Dm Cadd9
I kicked the ha - bit, (Kicked the ha - bit, kicked the ha - bit!)
Bb G G7
Shed my skin, (Shed my skin!)
Dm Cadd9 Dm Cadd9
This is the new stuff, (This is the new stuff!)
Bb G G7
I come... dancing in, we go dancing in!
[Verse 5]
Dm Cadd9 Dm Cadd9
Oh, won't you ...show for me? (Show for me!)
Bb G G7
I will ...show for you, (Show for you!)
Dm Cadd9 Dm Cadd9
Please, ...show for me, (Show for me!)
Bb G
I will... show for you! Yeah - yeah! Yeah - yeah!
G7 Dm Cadd9 Dm Cadd9 Bb
Yeah, I do mean you, only you, you've been coming through,
G G7 Dm
A - gonna build that power, build, build up that power, haaaa,
Cadd9 Dm Cadd9 Bb
I've been feeding the rhythm, huh, I've been feeding the rhythm,
G G7 Dm
Going to feel that power, hey... build in you! Ahhhh!
[Coda]
Cadd9 Dm Cadd9 Bb
Come on, come on, help me do! Come on, come on help me do,
G G7 Dm
Yeah - yeah, yeah - yeah! Yeah - yeah, yeah - yeah, you!
Cadd9 Dm Cadd9 Bb
I've been feeding my rhythm, I've been feeding my rhythm,
G G7 Dm
It's what we're doing, doing... all day and night,
Cadd9 Dm Cadd9 Bb
Ah, come on, come on, help me do! Come on, come on, help me do!
G G7 Dm
Yeah - yeah, yeah - yeah! Yeah - yeah, yeah - yeah, you!
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