Sledgehammer — Peter Gabriel
Chords and lyrics for Sledgehammer by Peter Gabriel (key of Am).
Verse 1
...SLEDGEHAMMER... by Peter Gabriel
*from 'So' (1986)*
(modified from Johnny Couchman's original tab: djb@uk.ac.bath.maths)
(Original Key: Ebm)
Intro
[Dm] [Bb7] [G7] [A7]
Interlude
D C/D (x4)
Verse 1
[C/D]You could have a[D] steam [C/D]train,[C/D][D]
If you'd [D]just lay [C/D]down your [D]tracks.
[C/D] You could have an [D][C/D]aero-plane, [D]flying,[C/D]
If you [D]bring your [C/D]blue sky [D]back.
Bridge 1
[C/D] All you do is [Bm]call me... I'll be anything you [D]need.
Interlude
[D] [C/D] [D] [C/D]
Verse 2
You could have a [D]big [C/D]dipper,[D]
[C/D] Going up and [D]down, [C/D]a-round the [D]bends.
[C/D] You could have a [D]bumper [C/D]car, [D]bumping,[C/D]
This [D]a-musement [C/D]never [D]ends.[C/D]
Chorus 1
I wanna [Bm7]be,[C]
[Em7] (Your [Bm7]Sledgehammer).[C]
Why don't you [Em7]call my [Bm7]name?[C]
Oh, let me [Em7]be, (your [Bm7]Sledgehammer),[C]
This will [Em7]be my testimony.
[D] Yeah,[C/D]
[D] (Yeah).[C/D]
Interlude
[D] [C/D] [D] [C/D]
Verse 3
Show me round your [D][C/D]fruitcage,[C/D][D]
'Cos I will [D]be your [C/D]honey [D]bee.
[C/D] Open up your [D]fruitcage,[C/D][D]
Where the [D]fruit is as [C/D]sweet as can [D]be.[C/D]
Chorus 2
I wanna [Bm7]be,[C]
[Em7] (Your [Bm7]Sledgehammer).[C]
Why don't you [Em7]call my [Bm7]name?[C]
You'd better [Em7]call, (The [Bm7]Sledgehammer),[C]
Put your [Em7]mind at rest. I'm gonna [Bm7]be;[C]
[Em7] (The [Bm7]Sledgehammer),[C]
This can [Em7]be my testimony,[Bm7] [C]yeah!
I'm your [Em7][Bm7]sledgehammer,[C]
Let there [Em7]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),
I go [Bb7]dancing in, we go [G7]dancing in. Oh, won't you...
[Dm] Show for me, (show for me),
I will [Bb7]show for you,[G7] (show for you).
[Dm] Show for me, (show for me),
I will [Bb7]show for you,[G7] yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
I do mean [Dm]you, only you,
You've been [Bb7]coming through, going to build that [G7]power,
Build, build, build, build, build that power.
[Dm] I've been feeding my rhythm,
I've been feeding the [Bb7]rhythm, going to feel that [G7]power, hey...
Build in [Dm]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 feeding my [Bb7]rhythm.
It's what we're [G7]doing, doing all day and night.
(Fade)
[Dm] [Bb7] [G7] [D] [C/D]
[Bm] [Bm7] [C] [Em7] [A7]
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