Peter Gabriel – Sledgehammer tab

...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)               D            C, D  C
 You could have a stream train,
         D        C         D
If you'd just lay down your tracks.

C                  D    C     D      C
 You could have an aero-plane flying,
       D          C        D
If you bring your blue sky back.

Bridge 1:

C              Bm
 All you do is call me,
                    (D)
I'll be anything you need.

Interlude:

D  C, D  C (n.C)

Verse 2:

(n.c)             D          c, D
 You could have a big dipper,
C             D      C         D
 Going up and down a-round the bends.

C                 D      C    D       C
 You could have a bumper car, bumping,
       D        C     D     C
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
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)               D         c, D  C
 Show me round your fruitcage,
            D       C     D
'Cos I will be your honey bee.

C             D          C, D  C
 Open up your fruitcage,
          D           C            D   C
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
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             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
 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,
            Bb7
You've been coming through,
                    G7
Going to build that power.
Build, build, build,
Build, build that power.

Dm
 I've been feeding my rhythm,
                      Bb7
I've been feeding the rhythm.
                   G7
Going to feel that power, hey...

         Dm
Build in you.
Come on, come on help me do,
                 Bb7
Come on, come on help me do.
G7
 Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
Yeah, yeah, yeah, you!

Dm
 I've been feeding my rhythm,
                     Bb7
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

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 xx0231  x13131  323000  xx0232  x32010

   Bm      Bm7     Em7     A7

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 x24432  x24232  022030  x02223
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 |  ___|  | |  | | | |  | |\_/| |   __| |    \  /
 | |= =   | |  | |_| |  | | = | |  |____|     | |
 | |      | |  |_____|  | |   | |   = = =     | |
 | |___   | |   = = =   | |   | |             | |
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  = = =   | |_____       =     =    Tabbed by |_|
          |_______|  Joel from cLuMsY, 2008    =
           = = = =      (clumsyband@hotmail.com)