• Song:

    Sledgehammer

  • Artist:

    Peter Gabriel

  • Album:

    Shaking The Tree - 16 G...

...SLEDGEHAMMER... by Peter Gabriel
------------------.................

*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 (xx0232@1)          C, D (xx0232@1)CA (x32010@1)stream train,
         DIf (xx0232@1)you'd just lay,
C (x32010@1)        D (xx0232@1)Down your tracks.

C (x32010@1)You could have an,
D (xx0232@1)   C (x32010@1)   D (xx0232@1)    C (x32010@1)Aero-plane flying,
       DIf (xx0232@1)you bring your,
C (x32010@1)       D (xx0232@1)Blue sky back.

Bridge 1:

C (x32010@1)All you do,
   BmIs (x24432@1)call me,
I'll be anything,
    (D)
You need.

Interlude:

D  C, D  C (n.C)

Verse 2:

(n.C)
 You could have,
  D (xx0232@1)         C, DA (xx0232@1)big dipper,
C (x32010@1)           D (xx0232@1)Going up and down,
  C (x32010@1)       DA-round (xx0232@1)the bends.

C (x32010@1)You could have a,
D (xx0232@1)     C (x32010@1)  D (xx0232@1)     C (x32010@1)Bumper car, bumping,
       DThis (xx0232@1)a-musement,
C (x32010@1)    D (xx0232@1)   C (x32010@1)Never ends.

Chorus 1:

        Bm7 (x20202@1)CI (x32010@1)wanna be,
Em7                  Bm7 (x20202@1)C (x32010@1)(Your Sledgehammer),
Why don't you,
Em7            Bm7 (x20202@1)C (x32010@1)Call my name?

           Em7
Oh, let me be,
                    Bm7 (x20202@1)C(Your (x32010@1)Sledgehammer),
          Em7
This will be,
My testimony.

D (xx0232@1)   C (x32010@1)Yeah,
D (xx0232@1)     C (x32010@1)(Yeah).

Interlude:

D  C, D  C (n.C)

Verse 3:

(n.C)
 Show me round,
     D (xx0232@1)        C, D (xx0232@1)CYour (x32010@1)fruitcage,
            D'Cos (xx0232@1)I will be,
     C (x32010@1)   DYour (xx0232@1)honey bee.

C (x32010@1)Open up,
     D (xx0232@1)        C, D (xx0232@1)CYour (x32010@1)fruitcage,
          DWhere (xx0232@1)the fruit is,
   C (x32010@1)          D (xx0232@1) CAs (x32010@1)sweet as can be.

Chorus 2:

        Bm7 (x20202@1)CI (x32010@1)wanna be,
Em7                  Bm7 (x20202@1)C (x32010@1)(Your Sledgehammer),
Why don't you,
Em7            Bm7 (x20202@1)C (x32010@1)Call my name?

             Em7
You'd better call,
                   Bm7 (x20202@1)C(The (x32010@1)Sledgehammer),
         Em7
Put your mind at rest.
          Bm7 (x20202@1)CI'm (x32010@1)gonna be;

Em7                 Bm7 (x20202@1)C (x32010@1)(The Sledgehammer),
         Em7
This can be,
             Bm7 (x20202@1)CMy (x32010@1)testimony,     yeah!
I'm your;
Em7           Bm7 (x20202@1)C (x32010@1)Sledgehammer,
          Em7
Let there be,
No doubt about it.

Dm (xx0231@1)Sledge, sledge,
A7 (x02020@1)Sledgehammer.

Interlude:

Dm  Bb7, G7,
Dm  Bb7,

G7 (320001@1)Get ready!

Coda:

Dm (xx0231@1)I've kicked,
The habit,
(I've kicked,
The habit),
Bb7 (x13131@1)Shed my skin,
G7 (320001@1)(Shed my skin).

Dm (xx0231@1)This is,
The new stuff,
(This is,
The new stuff),
     Bb7I (x13131@1)go dancing in,
      G7We (320001@1)go dancing in.
Oh won't you,

Dm (xx0231@1)Show for me,
(Show for me),
       Bb7I (x13131@1)will show for you,
G7 (320001@1)(Show for you).

Dm (xx0231@1)Show for me,
(Show for me),
       Bb7I (x13131@1)will show for you,
G7 (320001@1)Yeah, yeah,
Yeah, yeah, yeah,

          DmI (xx0231@1)do mean you,
Only you.
You've been,
       Bb7Coming (x13131@1)through,
Going to build,
     G7That (320001@1)power,
Build, build, build,
Build, build,
That power.

Dm (xx0231@1)I've been,
Feeding my rhythm,
I've been,
           Bb7Feeding (x13131@1)my rhythm.
Going to feel,
     G7That (320001@1)power, hey,

         DmBuild (xx0231@1)in you.
Come on, come on,
Help me do,
Come on, come on,
Bb7 (x13131@1)Help me do,
G7 (320001@1)Yeah, yeah,
Yeah, yeah, yeah,
Yeah, yeah, yeah,
You!

Dm (xx0231@1)I've been,
Feeding my rhythm,
I've been,
           Bb7Feeding (x13131@1)my rhythm.
                G7It's (320001@1)what we're doing,
Doing all day and night.

(Fade)


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
---------------

   Dm (xx0231@1)    Bb7 (x13131@1)   G7 (320001@1)    D (xx0232@1)     C (x32010@1) EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 xx0231  x13131  323000  xx0232  x32010

   Bm (x24432@1)    Bm7 (x20202@1)   Em7     A7 (x02020@1) EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 x24432  x24232  022030  x02223


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2008
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)

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