Capo: 1

...SLEDGEHAMMER... by Peter Gabriel ------------------................. *from 'So' (1986)* (modified from Johnny Couchman's original tab: djb@uk.ac.bath.maths) *CAPO 1st FRET* (Original Key: G#m) Intro: Gm, D#7, C7, D7 Interlude: G F/G (x4) Verse 1: (F/G) G F/G, G F/G You could have a stream train,

If you'd ^Gjust lay ^F/Gdown your ^Gtracks. ^F/G You could have an ^Gaero-^F/Gplane, ^Gflying,^F/G If you ^Gbring your ^F/Gblue sky ^Gback.

Bridge 1: F/G Em (G) All you do is call me... I'll be anything you need. Interlude: G F/G, G F/G (n.F) Verse 2: (n.F) G F/G, G You could have a big dipper,

^F/G Going up and ^Gdown, a-^F/Ground the ^Gbends. ^F/G You could have a ^Gbumper ^F/Gcar, ^Gbumping,^F/G This a-^Gmusement ^F/Gnever ^Gends.^F/G

Chorus 1:

I wanna ^Am7be, ^F ^Am7 (Your Sledgehammer).^Am7 ^F Why don't you ^Am7call my name? ^Am7 ^F Oh, let me ^Am7be, (your Sledgehammer),^Am7 ^F This will ^Am7be my testimony.

^G Yeah,^F/G ^G (Yeah).^F/G

Interlude: G F/G, G F/G (n.F) Verse 3: (n.F) G F/G, G F/G Show me round your fruitcage,

'Cos I will ^Gbe your ^F/Ghoney ^Gbee. F/G G F/G, G F/G Open up your fruitcage, Where the ^Gfruit is as ^F/Gsweet as can ^Gbe.^F/G

Chorus 2:

I wanna ^Am7be, ^F ^Am7 (Your Sledgehammer).^Am7 ^F Why don't you ^Am7call my name?^Am7 ^F You'd better ^Am7call, (The Sledgehammer),^Am7 ^F Put your ^Am7mind at rest. I'm gonna ^Am7be; ^F

^Am7 (The Sledgehammer),^Am7 ^F This can ^Am7be my testimony,^Am7 ^Fyeah! I'm your ^Am7sledgehammer,^Am7 ^F Let there ^Am7be no doubt about it.

^Gm Sledge, sledge, ^D7sledgehammer. Interlude:

Gm D#7, C7, Gm D#7, C7 Get ready! Coda:

^Gm I've kicked the habit, (I've kicked the habit), ^D#7 Shed my skin,^C7 (shed my skin). ^Gm This is the new stuff, (this is the new stuff), I go ^D#7dancing in, we go ^C7dancing in. Oh, won't you...

^Gm Show for me, (show for me), I will ^D#7show for you,^C7 (show for you). ^Gm Show for me, (show for me), I will ^D#7show for you,^C7 yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

I do mean ^Gmyou, only you, You've been ^D#7coming through, going to build that ^C7power, Build, build, build, build, build that power. ^Gm I've been feeding my rhythm, I've been feeding the ^D#7rhythm, going to feel that ^C7power, hey...

Build in ^Gmyou. Come on, come on help me do, come on, come on ^D#7help me do. ^C7 Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, you!

^Gm I've been feeding my rhythm, I've been feeding my ^D#7rhythm. It's what we're ^C7doing, doing all day and night.

(Fade) CHORD DIAGRAMS: --------------- Gm D#7 C7 G F/G EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE xx0231 x13131 353433 xx0232 xx0010 Em Am7 F Am7 D7 EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE x24432 x24232 x32010 022030 x02223 Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2008 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)

Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer