Tono: D
Introducción:
Song: Sledgehammer
Artist: Peter Gabriel
Composer: Peter Gabriel
Album: So
Tabbed by: DJ (Diddy D) 5th May 2014
CAPO: 1st fret (Will then sound in the recorded key of Eb)
Chord names and fret positions are relative to the capo:
C = x32010 N.C. = No chords
/ = Slide up = Slide down
h = Hammer-on ^ = Emphasise the beat
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[Intro - freely]
e --------------- --------------- ----------- -----------------
B --3--/15--3--- --3--/15--3--- --1---/3--- -----------------
G --------------- --------------- ----------- --2-p0-----------
D --------------- --------------- ----------- -------3--p0-----
A --------------- --------------- ----------- --------------3--
E --------------- --------------- ----------- -----------------
[Main riff]
D C9 D C9
e ------2--------0---0--- ------2-------0---0---
B ------3--------3---3--- ------3-------3---3---
G ------2--------0---0--- ------2-------0---0---
D ---0-----------2---2--- ---0----------2---2---
A ---------0--h3--------- ---------0-h3---------
E ----------------------- ----------------------
Bb C G7 A7 A7(4)
/ / / / / / / / / / / / /_/ /_/ /_/ /_/
D C9 D C9 D C9
Yeah - hey, use it, ...everybody use it!
[Verse 1]
D C9 D C9
You could have a steam train,
D C9 D C9 D
If you' d just lay down your tracks,
C9 D C9 D
You could have an aero - plane flying,
C9 D C9 D
If you bring your blue sky back,
C9 Bm D C9
All you do is call me, I' ll be anything you need
D D C9 D
/__/ /__/ / /
^ ^ ^ ^
[Verse 2]
N.C. D C9
You could have a big dipper,
D C9 D C9 D
Going up and down, all a - round the bends,
C9 D C9 D C9
You could have a bumper car bumping,
D C9 D C9
This a - musement never ends
[Chorus]
Bm C Em7
I wanna be... your sledgehammer,
Bm C Em7
Why don' t you call my name?
Bm C Em7
Ah! Oh, let me be your sledgehammer,
Bm C Em7
This will be my testimony,
D C9 D C9
Yeah! Yeah!
D C9 D D C9 D
/ / / / /__/ /__/ /
^ ^ ^ ^
[Verse 3]
N.C. D C9
Show me round your fruit cage,
D C9 D C9 D
' Cause I will be your honey bee,
C9 D C9
Open up your fruit cage,
D C9 D C9 D C9
With a fruit that is sweet as can be
[Chorus]
Bm C Em7
I wanna be... your sledgehammer,
Bm C Em7
Why don' t you call my name?
Bm C Em7
Hah! You' d better call the sledgehammer,
Bm C Em7
Put your mind at rest,
Bm C Em7
I' m gonna be... your sledgehammer,
Bm C Em7
This can be my testimony,
Bm C Em7
Hah! I' m your... sledgehammer,
Bm C Em7
Let there be no doubt about it
[Bridge]
Dm C9 Dm C9 Dm C9
Sledge! Sledge! / / / /
Dm C9 Dm C9 Dm C9
Sledge - hammer! / / / / / / / /
Bb C G7 G Dm C9 Dm C9
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Bb C G G7
/ / / / / / I keep a - running!
^ ^
[Verse 4]
Dm C9
I kicked the ha - bit,
Dm C9
(Kicked the ha - bit, kicked the ha - bit!)
Bb G G7
Shed my skin, (Shed my skin!)
Dm C9 Dm C9
This is the new stuff, (This is the new stuff!)
Bb G G7
I come... dancing in, we go dancing in
[Verse 5]
Dm C9 Dm C9
Oh, won' t you ...show for me? (Show for me!)
Bb G G7
I will ...show for you, (Show for you!)
Dm C9 Dm C9
Please, ...show for me, (Show for me!)
Bb G
I will... show for you! Yeah - yeah! Yeah - yeah!
G7 Dm C9 Dm C9 Bb
Yeah, I do mean you, only you, you' ve been coming through,
G G7 Dm
A - gonna build that power, build, build up that power, hah!
C9 Dm C9 Bb
I' ve been feeding the rhythm, huh, I' ve been feeding the rhythm,
G G7 Dm
Going to feel that power, hey, build in you! Ahhhh!
[Coda]
C9 Dm C9 Bb
Come on, come on, help me, do! Come on, come on help me, do!
G G7 Dm
Yeah - yeah, yeah - yeah! Yeah - yeah, yeah - yeah, you!
C9 Dm C9 Bb
I' ve been feeding my rhythm, I' ve been feeding my rhythm,
G G7 Dm
It' s what we' re doing, doing... all day and night,
C9 Dm C9 Bb
Ah, come on, come on, help me, do! Come on, come on, help me, do!
G G7 Dm
Yeah - yeah, yeah - yeah! Yeah - yeah, yeah - yeah, you!