Chords with lyrics (Ver. 2)
Artist: Peter Gabriel
Song: Sledgehammer
Tabbed by: DJ
5th May 2014
A augmentedA version for acoustic guitar
CAPO: 1st fret (Sounds in the key of 
Eb MajorEb)
Chord names and fret positions are relative to the capo:
D MajorD = xx0232 
G7G7 = 320001 
E minor 7Em7 = 022030
Cadd9Cadd9 = x32003 
A7A7 = x02020 
DmDm = xx0231
Bb majorBb = x13331 
A7sus4A7sus4 = x02030
C majorC = x32010 
B minorBm = x24432
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[Intro freely]
e |-----------------|-----------------|------------|-------------------|
BB |---3---/15---3---|---3---/15---3---|---1---/3---|-------------------|
G+G |-----------------|-----------------|------------|---2-p0------------|
D MajorD |-----------------|-----------------|------------|--------3--p0------|
A augmentedA |-----------------|-----------------|------------|---------------3---|
E MajorE |-----------------|-----------------|------------|-------------------|
[Main riff]
D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9
e |------2--------0---0---|------2-------0---0---|
BB |------3--------3---3---|------3-------3---3---|
G+G |------2--------0---0---|------2-------0---0---|
D MajorD |---0-----------2---2---|---0----------2---2---|
A augmentedA |---------0--h3---------|---------0-h3---------|
E MajorE |-----------------------|----------------------|
Bb majorBb C majorC G7G7 A7A7 A7sus4A7sus4
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | /_/ /_/ /_/ /_/ |
D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9
Yeah - hey, use it, everybody use it!
D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9
You could have a steam train, | / / / / |
D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 D MajorD
If you'd just lay down your tracks,
Cadd9Cadd9 D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 D MajorD
You could have an aero - plane--- flying,
Cadd9Cadd9 D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 D MajorD
If you bring your blue sky back,
Cadd9Cadd9 B minorBm D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9
All you do is call me, I'll be anything you need!
D MajorD D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 D MajorD
| /__/ /__/ /
^ ^ ^ ^
D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9
You could have a big dipper,
D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 D MajorD
Going up and down, all a - round the bends,
Cadd9Cadd9 D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9
You could have a bumper car, bumping,
D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9
This a - musement never ends!
B minorBm C majorC E minor 7Em7
I wanna be... your sledgehammer,
B minorBm C majorC E minor 7Em7
Why don't you call my name?
B minorBm C majorC E minor 7Em7
Ah! Oh, let me be your sledgehammer,
B minorBm C majorC E minor 7Em7
This will be my testimony,
D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9
Yeah! Yeah!
D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 D MajorD D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 D MajorD
| / / / / | /__/ /__/ /
^ ^ ^ ^
D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9
Show me round your fruit cage, | / / / / |
D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 D MajorD
'Cause I will be your honey bee,
Cadd9Cadd9 D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9
Open up your fruit cage, | / / / / |
D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9
With a fruit that is sweet as can be!
B minorBm C majorC E minor 7Em7
I wanna be... your sledgehammer,
B minorBm C majorC E minor 7Em7
Why don't you call my name?
B minorBm C majorC E minor 7Em7
Hah! You'd better call the sledgehammer,
B minorBm C majorC E minor 7Em7
Put your mind at rest,
B minorBm C majorC E minor 7Em7
I'm gonna be... your sledgehammer,
B minorBm C majorC E minor 7Em7
This can be my testimony,
B minorBm C majorC E minor 7Em7
Hah! I'm your... sledgehammer,
B minorBm C majorC E minor 7Em7
Let there be no doubt about it!
DmDm Cadd9Cadd9 DmDm Cadd9Cadd9 DmDm Cadd9Cadd9
Sledge! Sledge! | / / / / |
DmDm Cadd9Cadd9 DmDm Cadd9Cadd9 DmDm Cadd9Cadd9
Sledge - hammer! | / / / / | / / / / |
Bb majorBb C majorC G7G7 G+G DmDm Cadd9Cadd9 DmDm Cadd9Cadd9
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
Bb majorBb C majorC G+G G7G7
| / / / / | / / I keep a - running!
^ ^
DmDm Cadd9Cadd9 DmDm Cadd9Cadd9
I kicked the ha - bit, (Kicked the ha - bit, kicked the ha - bit!)
Bb majorBb G+G G7G7
Shed my skin, (Shed my skin!)
DmDm Cadd9Cadd9 DmDm Cadd9Cadd9
This is the new stuff, (This is the new stuff!)
Bb majorBb G+G G7G7
I come... dancing in, we go dan...cing in!
DmDm Cadd9Cadd9 DmDm Cadd9Cadd9
Oh, won't you ...show for me? (Show for me!)
Bb majorBb G+G G7G7
I will ...show for you, (Show for you!)
DmDm Cadd9Cadd9 DmDm Cadd9Cadd9
Please, ...show for me, (Show for me!)
Bb majorBb G+G
I will... show for you! Yeah - yeah! Yeah - yeah!
G7G7 DmDm Cadd9Cadd9 DmDm Cadd9Cadd9 Bb majorBb
Yeah, I do mean you! Only you, you've been coming through,
G+G G7G7 DmDm
A augmentedA - gonna build that power, build, build up that power, haaaa,
Cadd9Cadd9 DmDm Cadd9Cadd9 Bb majorBb
I've been feeding the rhythm, huh, I've been feeding the rhythm,
G+G G7G7 DmDm
Going to feel that power, hey... build in you! Ahhhh!
Cadd9Cadd9 DmDm Cadd9Cadd9 Bb majorBb
Come on, come on, help me do! Come on, come on help me do,
G+G G7G7 DmDm
Yeah - yeah, yeah - yeah! Yeah - yeah, yeah - yeah, you,
Cadd9Cadd9 DmDm Cadd9Cadd9 Bb majorBb
I've been feeding my rhythm, I've been feeding my rhythm,
G+G G7G7 DmDm
It's what we're doing, doing... all day and night,
Cadd9Cadd9 DmDm Cadd9Cadd9 Bb majorBb
Ah, come on, come on, help me do! Come on, come on, help me do,
G+G G7G7 DmDm
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