Peter Gabriel – Sledgehammer (Ukulele)

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------------------................. *from 'So' (1986)* (modified from Johnny Couchman's original tab: [email protected]) *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,

         G        F/G       G
If you'd just lay down your tracks.

F/G                G    F/G    G      F/G
 You could have an aero-plane, flying,

       G          F/G      G
If you bring your blue sky back.
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           G       F/G       G
 Going up and down, a-round the bends.

F/G               G      F/G  G       F/G
 You could have a bumper car, bumping,

       G        F/G   G    F/G
This a-musement never ends.
Chorus 1:
        Am7  F
I wanna be,

Am7                  Am7  F
 (Your Sledgehammer).

              Am7           Am7  F
Why don't you call my name?

           Am7                     Am7  F
Oh, let me be, (your Sledgehammer),

          Am7
This will be my testimony.

G     F/G
 Yeah,

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

            G       F/G   G
'Cos I will be your honey bee.

F/G           G         F/G, G  F/G
 Open up your fruitcage,

          G           F/G          G  F/G
Where the fruit is as sweet as can be.
Chorus 2:
        Am7  F
I wanna be,

Am7                  Am7  F
 (Your Sledgehammer).

              Am7          Am7  F
Why don't you call my name?

             Am7                      Am7  F
You'd better call, (The Sledgehammer),

         Am7                     Am7  F
Put your mind at rest. I'm gonna be;

Am7                 Am7  F
 (The Sledgehammer),

         Am7             Am7  F
This can be my testimony,     yeah!

         Am7          Am7  F
I'm your sledgehammer,

          Am7
Let there be no doubt about it.

Gm               D7
 Sledge, sledge, sledgehammer.
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           C7
 Shed my skin, (shed my skin).

Gm
 This is the new stuff, (this is the new stuff),

     D#7               C7
I go dancing in, we go dancing in. Oh, won't you...

Gm
 Show for me, (show for me),

       D#7          C7
I will show for you, (show for you).

Gm
 Show for me, (show for me),

       D#7          C7
I will show for you, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

          Gm
I do mean you, only you,

            D#7                                 C7
You've been coming through, going to build that power,
Build, build, build, build, build that power.
Gm
 I've been feeding my rhythm,

                      D#7                        C7
I've been feeding the rhythm, going to feel that power, hey...

         Gm
Build in you.

                                              D#7
Come on, come on help me do, come on, come on help me do.

C7
 Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, you!

Gm                                                 D#7
 I've been feeding my rhythm, I've been feeding my rhythm.

                C7
It's what we're doing, 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 ([email protected])