Sledgehammer    (video)    (live version)    (intro)    (midi)

 

    D - C - D - C (2x)   + Bb - G   - D - C - D - C

 

      D               - C - D - C     - D - C - D

    Love train ...

 

       C                           D              - C - D - C

1. You could have a steam 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'd bring your blue skies back.

                        Bm                                          D      - C - D

    All you do is call me, I'll be anything you need.

 

       C - - - - - - - - - -  D              - C - D

2. You could have a big dipper,

      C                   D              C              D

    going up and down, all around the bends.

       C                         D          C     D            - C

    You could have a bumper car, bumping,

                D              C       D      - C

    this amusement never ends.

 

                D-C - D

I want to be           your sledgehammer, 

D-C                          D

        why don't you call my name ?

D-C                    D

        Oh, let me be your sledgehammer,

D-C               D

        this will be my testimony !

 

+ D - C - D - C    - D - C - D

 

        C  - - - - - - - - - - -    D           - C - D - C

3. 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

    with that fruit that is sweet as can be.

 

                D-C - D

I want to be           your sledgehammer,  

D-C                          D

        why don't you call my name ?

D-C                       D

        You'd better call me sledgehammer,

D-C                  D

        put your mind at rest !

 

                 D-C - D

I'm gonna be          your sledgehammer,

D-C                D

        this can be my testimony.

D-C          D

        I'm your sledgehammer,

D-C                 D

        let there be no doubt about it !

 

+ D     C       - D    C         - D - C - D               C

       Sledge,        sledge,                     sledgehammer !

 

+ D - C - D - C - Bb - G  (2x)

                                                  I get it right !

 

D                           C                        D                         C

    I've kicked the habit (kicked the habit, kicked the habit),

Bb                      - G

    shed my skin         (shed my skin) !

D                    C             - D                    C

    This is the new stuff        (this is the new stuff),

            - Bb                                 G

    I go           dancing in (we go dancing in).

                      - D                  C   - D                   C

    Won't you         show for me         (show for me),

 

                   - Bb                         - G

    and I will          show for you         (show for you).

                 - D                  C   - D                  C

    Please,        show for me        (show for me),

             - Bb                          G

    I will          show for you, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah !

                       D                   C             D     - C

    I do mean you (show for me) only you,

                                         Bb                                          G

    you've been coming through, I'm going to build that power.

                                    D        - C                                       D        - C

    Build, build up that power,        I've been feeding the rhythm,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                         Bb                                   G

    I've been feeding the rhythm, going to feel that power.

                            D    - C                                    D                        - C

    Yeah, build in you,        come on, come on, help me through,

                                    Bb                          G

    come on, come on, help me through, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah !

       D   - C                                       D         - C

    You,        I've been feeding the rhythm,

                                         Bb                               G

    I've been feeding the rhythm, it's what we're doing, doing,

                        D                 

    all day and night.

 

(orig. = capo 1st)    (Peter Gabriel)