Peter Gabriel – Sledgehammer (Guitar Intro)
Capo 1
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Chords
Song: Sledgehammer
Artist: Peter Gabriel
Composer: Peter Gabriel
Album: So
Tabbed by: DJ 5th May 2014
(Will then sound in the recorded key of Eb)
I would recommend using the voicings in the text
column numbers below.
Regarding the CHORD BOX DIAGRAMS please follow the
information at the bottom of the tab.
Chord names & fret positions are relative to the capo
D = xx0232 G7 = 355433 Bm = x24432
Cadd9 = x32030 G = 353433 Em7 = 022030
Bb = x13331 A7 = x02020 Dm = xx0231
C = x32010 A7sus4 = x02030
N.C. = No chords ^ = Emphasise the beat
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[Intro - Pan-pipe synth sound] (Played freely)
/ = Slide up \ = Slide down
e|------------|------------|--------|---------------|
B|--3-/15-\3--|--3-/15-\3--|--1-/3--|---------------|
G|------------|------------|--------|--2-p0---------|
D|------------|------------|--------|-------3-p0----|
A|------------|------------|--------|------------3--|
E|------------|------------|--------|---------------|
D Cadd9 D Cadd9 D Cadd9 D Cadd9
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
Bb C G7 A7 A7sus4
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
D Cadd9 D Cadd9 D Cadd9
Yeah - hey, use it, ...everybody use it![Verse 1]
D Cadd9 D Cadd9 You could have a steam train, D Cadd9 D Cadd9 D If you'd just lay down your tracks, Cadd9 D Cadd9 D You could have an aero - plane flying, Cadd9 D Cadd9 D If you bring your blue sky back, Cadd9 Bm All you do is call me, D Cadd9 D D Cadd9 D N.C. I'll be anything you need | /__/ /__/ / / |
^ ^ ^ ^
[Verse 2]
N.C. D Cadd9 You could have a big dipper, D Cadd9 D Cadd9 D Going up and down, all a - round the bends, Cadd9 D Cadd9 D Cadd9 You could have a bumper car bumping, D Cadd9 D Cadd9 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 Cadd9 D Cadd9 Yeah! Yeah! D Cadd9 D D Cadd9 D N.C. | / / / / | /__/ /__/ / / |
^ ^ ^ ^
[Verse 3]
N.C. D Cadd9 Show me round your fruit cage, D Cadd9 D Cadd9 D 'Cause I will be your honey bee, Cadd9 D Cadd9 Open up your fruit cage, D Cadd9 D Cadd9 D Cadd9 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 Cadd9 Dm Cadd9 Dm Cadd9 Sledge... Sledge... Dm Cadd9 Dm Cadd9 Dm Cadd9 Sledge - hammer! Bb C G7 G Dm Cadd9 Dm Cadd9 | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | Bb C G G7 | / / / / | / / I keep a - running!
^ ^
[Verse 4]
Dm Cadd9 I kicked the ha - bit, Dm Cadd9 (Kicked the ha - bit, kicked the ha - bit!) Bb G G7 Shed my skin, (Shed my skin!) Dm Cadd9 Dm Cadd9 This is the new stuff, (This is the new stuff!) Bb G G7 I come... dancing in, we go dancing in
[Verse 5]
Dm Cadd9 Dm Cadd9 Oh, won't you ...show for me? (Show for me!) Bb G G7 I will ...show for you, (Show for you!) Dm Cadd9 Dm Cadd9 Please, ...show for me, (Show for me!) Bb G I will... show for you! Yeah - yeah! Yeah - yeah! G7 Dm Cadd9 Dm Yeah, I do mean you, only you, Cadd9 Bb G You've been coming through, a-gonna build that power, G7 Dm Build ...build up that power, hah! Cadd9 Dm I've been feeding the rhythm, huh! Cadd9 Bb I've been feeding the rhythm, G G7 Dm Going to feel that power, hey, build in you! Ah!
[Coda]
Cadd9 Dm Come on, come on, help me, do! Cadd9 Bb Come on, come on help me, do! G G7 Dm Yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah! Yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah, you! Cadd9 Dm I've been feeding my rhythm, Cadd9 Bb I've been feeding my rhythm, G G7 Dm It's what we're doing, doing... all day and night, Cadd9 Dm Ah, come on, come on, help me, do! Cadd9 Bb G Come on, come on, help me, do! Yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah! G7 Dm Yeah - yeah, yeah - yeah, you! ===================================================== [Main riff] h = Hammer-on notes 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|-----------------------|----------------------|
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