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Capo: 1
Tuning: E A D G B E
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:
D = xx0232 G7 = 320001 Bm = x24432
Cadd9 = x32030 A7 = x02020 Em7 = 022030
Bb = x13331 A7sus4 = x02030 Dm = xx0231
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 Cadd9 D Cadd9
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 A7sus4
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | /_/ /_/ /_/ /_/ |
DYeah - hey, Cadd9use it, D ...Cadd9everybody Duse it! Cadd9
[Verse 1]
D Cadd9You could have a Dsteam train, Cadd9
D Cadd9 If you'd jDust lay Cadd9down your Dtracks,
Cadd9You could have an Daero - Cadd9plane Dflying,
Cadd9 If you Dbring your Cadd9blue sky Dback,
Cadd9All you do is Bmcall me, I'll be anything you Dneed Cadd9
D D Cadd9 D
| /__/ /__/ / / |
^ ^ ^ ^
[Verse 2]
N.C.You could have a Dbig dipper, Cadd9
D Cadd9Going up and Ddown, all a - Cadd9round the Dbends,
Cadd9You could have a Dbumper Cadd9car Dbumping, Cadd9
This a - Dmusement Cadd9never Dends Cadd9
[Chorus]
I wanna Bmbe..C. Em7 your sledgehammer,
Bm C Why don't you Em7call my name?
Bm CAh! Oh, let me Em7be your sledgehammer,
Bm C This will Em7be my testimony,
D Yeah! Cadd9 D Yeah! Cadd9
D Cadd9 D D Cadd9 D
| / / / / | /__/ /__/ / |
^ ^ ^ ^
[Verse 3]
N.C. Show me round your Dfruit cage, Cadd9
D Cadd9 'Cause I will Dbe your Cadd9honey Dbee,
Cadd9Open up your Dfruit cage, Cadd9
D Cadd9 With a Dfruit that is Cadd9sweet as can Dbe Cadd9
[Chorus]
I wanna Bmbe.C.. Em7 your sledgehammer,
Bm C Why don't you Em7call my name?
Bm CHah! You'd better Em7call the sledgehammer,
Bm C Put your Em7mind at rest,
I'm gonna Bmbe...C Em7 your sledgehammer,
Bm C This can Em7be my testimony,
Bm CHah! I'm your..Em7. sledgehammer,
Bm C Let there Em7be no doubt about it
[Bridge]
Dm Sledge! Cadd9 Dm Sledge! Cadd9 | Dm/ / Cadd9 / / |
Dm Sledge - Cadd9hammer! | Dm/ / Cadd9 / / | Dm/ / Cadd9 / / |
Bb C G7 G Dm Cadd9 Dm Cadd9
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
| Bb/ / / / | C/ G/ I keep a - G7running!
^ ^
[Verse 4]
Dm I kicked the ha - Cadd9bit,
(Kicked the ha - Dmbit, kicked the ha - Cadd9bit!)
Bb Shed my skin, G (Shed my G7skin!)
Dm This is the Cadd9new stuff, Dm (This is the Cadd9new stuff!)
I come..Bb. dancing in, we go Gdancing G7in
[Verse 5]
Oh, won't you Dm ...show for Cadd9me? Dm (Show for Cadd9me!)
I will Bb ...show for you, G (Show for G7you!)
Please, Dm ...show for Cadd9me, Dm (Show for Cadd9me!)
I will...Bb show for you! GYeah - yeah! Yeah - yeah!
G7Yeah, I do mean Dmyou, Cadd9only Dmyou, you've been Cadd9coming Bbthrough,
A - gonna build that Gpower, G7build, build up that Dmpower, hah!
I've been Cadd9feeding the Dmrhythm, huh, I've been Cadd9feeding the Bbrhythm,
Going to feel that Gpower, G7hey, build in Dmyou! Ahhhh!
[Coda]
Come Cadd9on, come on, Dmhelp me, do! Come Cadd9on, come on Bbhelp me, do!
GYeah - yeah, yeah - yeah! G7Yeah - yeah, yeah - yeah, Dmyou!
I've been Cadd9feeding my Dmrhythm, I've been Cadd9feeding my Bbrhythm,
It's what we're Gdoing, doing.G7.. all day and Dmnight,
Ah, come Cadd9on, come on, Dmhelp me, do! Come Cadd9on, come on, Bbhelp me, do!
GYeah - yeah, yeah - yeah! G7Yeah - yeah, yeah - yeah, Dmyou!