...SLEDGEHAMMER... by Peter Gabriel
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*from 'So' (1986)*
*CAPO 1st FRET*
(Original Key: Eb)
Intro:
Dm, Bb7
G7, A7
Interlude:
D C (x4)
Verse 1:
(C)
You could have,
D C, D C
A stream train,
D
If you'd just lay,
C D
Down your tracks.
C
You could have an,
D C D C
Aero—plane flying,
D
If you bring your,
C D
Blue sky back.
Bridge 1:
C
All you do,
Bm
Is call me,
I'll be anything,
(D)
You need.
Interlude:
D C, D C (n.C)
Verse 2:
(n.C)
You could have,
D C, D
A big dipper,
C D
Going up and down,
C D
A—round the bends.
C
You could have a,
D C D C
Bumper car, bumping,
D
This a—musement,
C D C
Never ends.
Chorus 1:
Bm7 C
I wanna be,
Em7 Bm7 C
(Your Sledgehammer),
Why don't you,
Em7 Bm7 C
Call my name?
Em7
Oh, let me be,
Bm7 C
(Your Sledgehammer),
Em7
This will be,
My testimony.
D C
Yeah,
D C
(Yeah).
Interlude:
D C, D C (n.C)
Verse 3:
(n.C)
Show me round,
D C, D C
Your fruitcage,
D
'Cos I will be,
C D
Your honey bee.
C
Open up,
D C, D C
Your fruitcage,
D
Where the fruit is,
C D C
As sweet as can be.
Chorus 2:
Bm7 C
I wanna be,
Em7 Bm7 C
(Your Sledgehammer),
Why don't you,
Em7 Bm7 C
Call my name?
Em7
You'd better call,
Bm7 C
(The Sledgehammer),
Em7
Put your mind at rest.
Bm7 C
I'm gonna be;
Em7 Bm7 C
(The Sledgehammer),
Em7
This can be,
Bm7 C
My testimony, yeah!
I'm your;
Em7 Bm7 C
Sledgehammer,
Em7
Let there be,
No doubt about it.
Dm
Sledge, sledge,
A7
Sledgehammer.
Interlude:
Dm Bb7, G7,
Dm Bb7,
G7
Get ready!
Coda:
Dm
I've kicked,
The habit,
(I've kicked,
The habit),
Bb7
Shed my skin,
G7
(Shed my skin).
Dm
This is,
The new stuff,
(This is,
The new stuff),
Bb7
I go dancing in,
G7
We go dancing in.
Oh won't you,
Dm
Show for me,
(Show for me),
Bb7
I will show for you,
G7
(Show for you).
Dm
Show for me,
(Show for me),
Bb7
I will show for you,
G7
Yeah, yeah,
Yeah, yeah, yeah,
Dm
I do mean you,
Only you.
You've been,
Bb7
Coming through,
Going to build,
G7
That power,
Build, build, build,
Build, build,
That power.
Dm
I've been,
Feeding my rhythm,
I've been,
Bb7
Feeding my rhythm.
Going to feel,
G7
That power, hey,
Dm
Build in you.
Come on, come on,
Help me do,
Come on, come on,
Bb7
Help me do,
G7
Yeah, yeah,
Yeah, yeah, yeah,
Yeah, yeah, yeah,
You!
Dm
I've been,
Feeding my rhythm,
I've been,
Bb7
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
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
xx0231 x13131 323000 xx0232 x32010
Bm Bm7 Em7 A7
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x24432 x24232 022030 x02223
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2008
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)