Sledgehammer was written by Peter Gabriel and is notable for its groundbreaking stop-motion animation music video. The song addresses themes of seduction and sexuality, employing tool-related metaphors to convey its message. It was a major commercial success for Gabriel, reaching the top of the charts in the United States. The music video, directed by Stephen R. Johnson, won numerous MTV Video Music Awards.
Key: D
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:
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G7
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A7
= x02020
Em7
= 022030
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= x13331
A7(4)
= x02030
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= x32010 N.C. = No chords / = Slide up = Slide down h = Hammer-on ^ = Emphasise the beat Please select a star rating for this tab, many thanks =================================================================== [Intro - freely] e |---------------|---------------|-----------|-----------------| B |--3--/15--3---|--3--/15--3---|--1---/3---|-----------------| G |---------------|---------------|-----------|--2-p0-----------| D |---------------|---------------|-----------|-------3--p0-----| A |---------------|---------------|-----------|--------------3--| E |---------------|---------------|-----------|-----------------| [Main riff]
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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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Yeah - hey, use it, ...everybody use it! [Verse 1]
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You could have a steam train,
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If you'd just lay down your tracks,
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You could have an aero - plane flying,
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If you bring your blue sky back,
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All you do is call me, I'll be anything you need
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| /__/ /__/ / / | ^ ^ ^ ^ [Verse 2] N.C.
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You could have a big dipper,
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Going up and down, all a - round the bends,
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You could have a bumper car bumping,
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This a - musement never ends [Chorus]
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I wanna be... your sledgehammer,
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Why don't you call my name?
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Ah! Oh, let me be your sledgehammer,
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This will be my testimony,
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Yeah! Yeah!
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| / / / / | /__/ /__/ / | ^ ^ ^ ^ [Verse 3] N.C.
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Show me round your fruit cage,
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'Cause I will be your honey bee,
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Open up your fruit cage,
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With a fruit that is sweet as can be [Chorus]
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I wanna be... your sledgehammer,
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Why don't you call my name?
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Hah! You'd better call the sledgehammer,
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Put your mind at rest,
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I'm gonna be... your sledgehammer,
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This can be my testimony,
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Hah! I'm your... sledgehammer,
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Let there be no doubt about it [Bridge]
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Sledge! Sledge! | / / / / |
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Sledge - hammer! | / / / / | / / / / |
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| / / / / | / / I keep a - running! ^ ^ [Verse 4]
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I kicked the ha - bit,
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(Kicked the ha - bit, kicked the ha - bit!)
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Shed my skin, (Shed my skin!)
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This is the new stuff, (This is the new stuff!)
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I come... dancing in, we go dancing in [Verse 5]
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Oh, won't you ...show for me? (Show for me!)
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I will ...show for you, (Show for you!)
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Please, ...show for me, (Show for me!)
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I will... show for you! Yeah - yeah! Yeah - yeah!
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Yeah, I do mean you, only you, you've been coming through,
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A - gonna build that power, build, build up that power, hah!
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I've been feeding the rhythm, huh, I've been feeding the rhythm,
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Going to feel that power, hey, build in you! Ahhhh! [Coda]
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Come on, come on, help me, do! Come on, come on help me, do!