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Sledgehammer

Peter Gabriel

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...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)

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Sledgehammer

Peter Gabriel