Sledgehammer Tab by
Peter Gabriel
Peter Gabriel

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Key: E minor
Intro 1
[Flute]
E5
E5

E5
E5

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E5
E5

E5
E5

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C
C

Em/B
Em/B

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Asus4
Asus4

Asus4
Asus4

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Interlude 1
E7
E7

E7
E7

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E7
E7

E7
E7

You could have a
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Verse 1
E7
E7

steam train
If you'd just lay down your tracks
E7
E7

You could have an aeroplane flying
If you bring your blue sky back
C#m
C#m

All you do is call me
E7
E7

I'll be anything you need
Verse 2
E7
E7

You could have a big dipper
Going up and down, all around the bends
E7
E7

You could have a bumper car, bumping
This amusement never ends
I want to
Chorus 1
C#m
C#m

D
D

F#m7
F#m7

be your sledgehammer
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C#m
C#m

D
D

F#m7
F#m7

Why don't you call my name?
C#m
C#m

D
D

F#m7
F#m7

Oh let me be your sledgehammer
C#m
C#m

D
D

F#m7
F#m7

This will be my testimony
Interlude 2
E7
E7

E7
E7

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E7
E7

E7
E7

Show me round your
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Verse 3
E7
E7

fruit cakes
'Cause I will be your honey bee
E7
E7

Open up your fruit cakes
Where the fruit is as sweet as can be
Chorus 2
C#m
C#m

D
D

F#m7
F#m7

I want to be your sledgehammer
C#m
C#m

D
D

F#m7
F#m7

Why don't you call my name?
C#m
C#m

D
D

F#m7
F#m7

You'd better call the sledgehammer
C#m
C#m

D
D

F#m7
F#m7

Put your mind at rest
Chorus 3
C#m
C#m

D
D

F#m7
F#m7

I'm going to be the sledgehammer
C#m
C#m

D
D

F#m7
F#m7

This can be my testimony
C#m
C#m

D
D

F#m7
F#m7

I'm your sledgehammer
C#m
C#m

D
D

F#m7
F#m7

Let there be no doubt about it
Interlude 3
E5
E5

E5
E5

Sledge sledge
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E5
E5

E5
E5

sledgehammer
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Interlude 4
E5
E5

E5
E5

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C
C

Asus4
Asus4

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E5
E5

E5
E5

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C
C

Asus4
Asus4

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Bridge 1
E5
E5

I kicked the habit
C
C

Asus4
Asus4

Shed my skin
E5
E5

This is the new stuff
C
C

Asus4
Asus4

I go dancing in
E5
E5

Oh won't you show for me
C
C

Asus4
Asus4

I will show for you
E5
E5

Show for me
C
C

I will show for you
Asus4
Asus4

Yea, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Outro 1
E5
E5

I do mean you
C
C

Only you, you've been coming through
Asus4
Asus4

Going to build that power
E5
E5

Build, build up that power, hey
I've been feeding the rhythm
C
C

I've been feeding the rhythm
Asus4
Asus4

E5
E5

Going to feel that power, build in you
Come on, come on, help me do
C
C

Come on, come on, help me do
Asus4
Asus4

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
E5
E5

yeah, yeah, you
I've been feeding the rhythm
C
C

I've been feeding the rhythm
Asus4
Asus4

It's what we're doing, doing
[Fade out]

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