Capo: 1 Tuning: E A D G B E

Song: Hit me with your rhythm stick Artist: Ian Dury and The Blockheads Composers: Ian Dury and Chas Jankel Tabbed by DJ 4th Aug 2016 CAPO: 1st fret (Will then sound in the recorded key of Fm) Chord names & fret positions are relative to the capo: Em7 = 020000 C = x32010 E/G# = 422100 Em11 = 020200 D = xx0232 F#m/A = x04222 A = x02220 Eb = xx5343 E7#9 = 020133 B = x24442 E = 022100 G7 = 353433 D/F# = 20023x F#m = 244222 G#7 = 464544 A7 = 575655 ^ = Emphasise these beats Please select a star rating for this tab, many thanks ======================================================= [Intro]

||: /__^Em7_/ ^Em11 /___^Em7/ ^Em11 /___^Em7/ ^Em11 /___^Em7/ :||[x4] A A B B | /___/ / /___/ / | ^ ^ ^ ^

||: /__^Em7_/ ^Em11 /___^Em7/ ^Em11 /___^Em7/ ^Em11 /___^Em7/ :||[x2] [Verse 1] In the ^Em7deserts ...^D/F#of Su - ^Em7dan, And the ^Cgardens of Ja - ^Em7pan, From Mi - ^Em7lan to ^D/F#Yuca - ^Em7tan, Every ^Cwoman, ...every ^Dman! ^D^ ^Eb ^

[Chorus 1]

^EHit me ^F#mwith your ^E/G#rhythm ^F#m/Astick, ...^E7#9hit me, ...^E7#9hit me! ^ ^ ^ ^ ^EJe t'a - ^F#mdore! Ich ^E/G#liebe ^F#m/Adich! ^E7#9Hit me, hit me, ...^E7#9hit me! ^ ^ ^ ^ ^EHit me ^F#mwith your ^G7rhythm ^G#7stick, ^A7Hit me ^G#7slowly, ^G7 ...hit me q^F#7uick, ^AHit me,...^Bhit me ...^Em7hit ^Em11 ^Em7 ^Em11 ...^Em7me---^Em11----!^Em7 ^ ^ ^ ^ A A B B | /___/ / /___/ / | ^ ^ ^ ^ ||: /__^Em7_/ ^Em11 /___^Em7/ ^Em11 /___^Em7/ ^Em11 /___^Em7/ :||[x2]

[Verse 2]

In the w^Em7ilds of ^D/F#Borne - ^Em7o, And the ^Cvineyards of Bor - ^Em7deaux, Eski - ^Em7mo, A - ^D/F#rapa - ^Em7ho, Move their ^Cbody ...to and ^Dfro! ^D^ ^Eb ^

[Chorus 2]

^EHit me ^F#mwith your ^E/G#rhythm ^F#m/Astick, ...^E7#9hit me, ...^E7#9hit me! ^ ^ ^ ^ ^EDas ist ^F#mgut! C'est ^E/G#fantas - ^F#m/Atique! ^E7#9Hit me, hit me, ...^E7#9hit me! ^ ^ ^ ^ ^EHit me ^F#mwith your ^G7rhythm ^G#7stick, It's ^A7nice to ^G#7be a l^G7una - ^F#7tic, ^AHit me,...^Bhit me ...^Em7hit ^Em11me---^Em7----!^Em11 ^Em7 ^Em11 ^Em7 ^ ^ ^ ^

[Break]

||: /__^Em7_/ ^Em11 /___^Em7/ ^Em11 /___^Em7/ ^Em11 /___^Em7/ :||[x4] ^AHit me,...^Bhit me ...^Em7hit... ^ ^ ^ ^

[Mute strings and scrub rhythm] ||: /___/ /___/ /___/ /___/ :||[x8]

||: /__^Em7_/ ^Em11 /___^Em7/ ^Em11 /___^Em7/ ^Em11 /___^Em7/ :||[x4]

[Verse 3]

In the ^Em7dock of ^D/F#Tiger ^Em7Bay, on the ^Croad to Manda - ^Em7lay, From Bom - ^Em7bay to ^D/F#Santa ^Em7Fe, O'er the ^Chills, ...and far a - ^Dway! ^D^ ^Eb^

[Chorus 3]

^EHit me ^F#mwith your ^E/G#rhythm ^F#m/Astick, ...^E7#9hit me, ...^E7#9hit me! ^ ^ ^ ^ ^EC'est si ^F#mbon, mmm? ^E/G#Ist es ^F#m/Anicht? ^E7#9Hit me, hit me, ...^E7#9hit me! ^ ^ ^ ^ ^EHit me ^F#mwith your ^G7rhythm ^G#7stick, ^A7Two fat ^G#7persons, ^G7click, click, ^F#7click, ^AHit me,...^Bhit me ...^Em7hit ^Em11.....^Em7me---^Em11----!^Em7 ^Em11 ^Em7 ^ ^ ^ ^ ^AHit me,...^Bhit me ...^Em7hit ^Em11me---^Em7----!^Em11 ^Em7 ^Em11 ^Em7 ^ ^ ^ ^

[Coda]

|: ^Em7Hit ^Em11me! ^Em7 ^Em11 ^Em7 ^Em11 ^Em7 :||[Repeat] ^ ^

[Suggestion for ending] A A B B Em7 | /___/ / /___/ / | / || ^ ^ ^ ^ ^

Ian Dury and the Blockheads - Hit me with your rhythm stick