Biography:
Peter Brian Gabriel (born 13 February 1950) is an English singer-songwriter, record producer and humanitarian who rose to fame as the original lead singer and flautist of the progressive rock band Genesis. After leaving Genesis in 1975, Gabriel launched a successful solo career with "Solsbury Hill" as his first single. His 1986 album, So, is his best-selling release and is certified triple platinum in the UK and five times platinum in the U.S. The album's most successful single
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Other songs:
- Big Time
- Blood Of Eden
- Book Of Love
- In Your Eyes
- Solsbury Hill
- The Book Of Love
- A Wonderful Day In A One Way World
- Altus Silva
- And Through The Wire
- Apres Moi
- Big Blue Ball
- Biko
- Burn You Up Burn You Down
- Come Talk To Me
- Digging In The Dirt
- Diy
- Dont Give Up
- Down The Dolce Vita
- Down To Earth
- Excuse Me
- Family Snapshot
- Father Son
- Flotsam And Jetsam
- Flume
- Games Without Frontiers
- Growing Up
- Here Comes The Flood
- Heroes
- Humdrum
- I Grieve
- I Have The Touch
- I Think Its Gonna Rain Today
- Kiss That Frog
- Listening Wind
- Love To Be Loved
- Lovetown
- Mercy Street
- Mirrorball
- Modern Love
- Moribund The Burgermeister
- Mother Of Violence
- My Body Is A Cage
- On The Air
- Red Rain
- Secret World
- Shaking The Tree
- Shock The Monkey
- Sky Blue
- Sledgehammer
- Slowburn
- So
- Spiel Ohne Grenzen
- Street Spirit Fade Out
- That Voice Again
- Thatll Do
- The Boy In The Bubble
- The Power Of The Heart
- Waiting For The Big One
- Washing Of The Water
- When Youre Falling
- Whole Thing
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...SLEDGEHAMMER... by Peter Gabriel
*from 'So' (1986)*
(modified from Johnny Couchman's original tab: [email protected])
*CAPO 1st FRET*
(Original Key: Ebm)
[Intro]
Dm Bb7 G7 A7
[Interlude]
D C/D (x4)
[Verse 1]
C/D D C/D D C/D
You could have a steam train,
D C/D D
If you'd just lay down your tracks.
C/D D C/D D C/D
You could have an aero-plane, flying,
D C/D D
If you bring your blue sky back.
[Bridge 1]
C/D Bm D
All you do is call me... I'll be anything you need.
[Interlude]
D C/D D C/D N.C.
[Verse 2]
N.C. D C/D D
You could have a big dipper,
C/D D C/D D
Going up and down, a-round the bends.
C/D D C/D D C/D
You could have a bumper car, bumping,
D C/D D C/D
This a-musement never ends.
[Chorus 1]
Bm7 C
I wanna be,
Em7 Bm7 C
(Your Sledgehammer).
Em7 Bm7 C
Why don't you call my name?
Em7 Bm7 C
Oh, let me be, (your Sledgehammer),
Em7
This will be my testimony.
D C/D
Yeah,
D C/D
(Yeah).
[Interlude]
D C/D D C/D N.C.
[Verse 3]
N.C. D C/D D C/D
Show me round your fruitcage,
D C/D D
'Cos I will be your honey bee.
C/D D C/D, D C/D
Open up your fruitcage,
D C/D D C/D
Where the fruit is as sweet as can be.
[Chorus 2]
Bm7 C
I wanna be,
Em7 Bm7 C
(Your Sledgehammer).
Em7 Bm7 C
Why don't you call my name?
Em7 Bm7 C
You'd better call, (The Sledgehammer),
Em7 Bm7 C
Put your mind at rest. I'm gonna be;
Em7 Bm7 C
(The Sledgehammer),
Em7 Bm7 C
This can be my testimony, yeah!
Em7 Bm7 C
I'm your sledgehammer,
Em7
Let there be no doubt about it.
Dm A7
Sledge, sledge, sledgehammer.
[Interlude]
Dm Bb7 G7 Dm Bb7 G7
Get ready!
[Coda]
Dm
I've kicked the habit, (I've kicked the habit),
Bb7 G7
Shed my skin, (shed my skin).
Dm
This is the new stuff, (this is the new stuff),
Bb7 G7
I go dancing in, we go dancing in. Oh, won't you...
Dm
Show for me, (show for me),
Bb7 G7
I will show for you, (show for you).
Dm
Show for me, (show for me),
Bb7 G7
I will show for you, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Dm
I do mean you, only you,
Bb7 G7
You've been coming through, going to build that power,
Build, build, build, build, build that power.
Dm
I've been feeding my rhythm,
Bb7 G7
I've been feeding the rhythm, going to feel that power, hey...
Dm
Build in you.
Bb7
Come on, come on help me do, come on, come on help me do.
G7
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, you!
Dm Bb7
I've been feeding my rhythm, I've been feeding my rhythm.
G7
It's what we're doing, doing all day and night.
(Fade)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
---------------
Dm Bb7 G7 D C/D
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
xx0231 x13131 353433 xx0232 xx0010
Bm Bm7 C Em7 A7
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x24432 x24232 x32010 022030 x02223
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2008 ([email protected])
*from 'So' (1986)*
(modified from Johnny Couchman's original tab: [email protected])
*CAPO 1st FRET*
(Original Key: Ebm)
[Intro]
Dm Bb7 G7 A7
[Interlude]
D C/D (x4)
[Verse 1]
C/D D C/D D C/D
You could have a steam train,
D C/D D
If you'd just lay down your tracks.
C/D D C/D D C/D
You could have an aero-plane, flying,
D C/D D
If you bring your blue sky back.
[Bridge 1]
C/D Bm D
All you do is call me... I'll be anything you need.
[Interlude]
D C/D D C/D N.C.
[Verse 2]
N.C. D C/D D
You could have a big dipper,
C/D D C/D D
Going up and down, a-round the bends.
C/D D C/D D C/D
You could have a bumper car, bumping,
D C/D D C/D
This a-musement never ends.
[Chorus 1]
Bm7 C
I wanna be,
Em7 Bm7 C
(Your Sledgehammer).
Em7 Bm7 C
Why don't you call my name?
Em7 Bm7 C
Oh, let me be, (your Sledgehammer),
Em7
This will be my testimony.
D C/D
Yeah,
D C/D
(Yeah).
[Interlude]
D C/D D C/D N.C.
[Verse 3]
N.C. D C/D D C/D
Show me round your fruitcage,
D C/D D
'Cos I will be your honey bee.
C/D D C/D, D C/D
Open up your fruitcage,
D C/D D C/D
Where the fruit is as sweet as can be.
[Chorus 2]
Bm7 C
I wanna be,
Em7 Bm7 C
(Your Sledgehammer).
Em7 Bm7 C
Why don't you call my name?
Em7 Bm7 C
You'd better call, (The Sledgehammer),
Em7 Bm7 C
Put your mind at rest. I'm gonna be;
Em7 Bm7 C
(The Sledgehammer),
Em7 Bm7 C
This can be my testimony, yeah!
Em7 Bm7 C
I'm your sledgehammer,
Em7
Let there be no doubt about it.
Dm A7
Sledge, sledge, sledgehammer.
[Interlude]
Dm Bb7 G7 Dm Bb7 G7
Get ready!
[Coda]
Dm
I've kicked the habit, (I've kicked the habit),
Bb7 G7
Shed my skin, (shed my skin).
Dm
This is the new stuff, (this is the new stuff),
Bb7 G7
I go dancing in, we go dancing in. Oh, won't you...
Dm
Show for me, (show for me),
Bb7 G7
I will show for you, (show for you).
Dm
Show for me, (show for me),
Bb7 G7
I will show for you, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Dm
I do mean you, only you,
Bb7 G7
You've been coming through, going to build that power,
Build, build, build, build, build that power.
Dm
I've been feeding my rhythm,
Bb7 G7
I've been feeding the rhythm, going to feel that power, hey...
Dm
Build in you.
Bb7
Come on, come on help me do, come on, come on help me do.
G7
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, you!
Dm Bb7
I've been feeding my rhythm, I've been feeding my rhythm.
G7
It's what we're doing, doing all day and night.
(Fade)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
---------------
Dm Bb7 G7 D C/D
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
xx0231 x13131 353433 xx0232 xx0010
Bm Bm7 C Em7 A7
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x24432 x24232 x32010 022030 x02223
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2008 ([email protected])
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