Sledgehammer Chords by Dave Matthews Band
Tempo:
99.05 bpm
Chords used:
Eb
Ab
B
Db
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Eb]
[Ab] [Eb]
[N] [Ebm] [Db] [Eb]
[Eb]
[Gb] [Bbm] [C] [Bb]
[Eb] Oh, you could have a steam train.
If you just lay down your stripes, [Db] you could [Eb] have an airplane flying.
If you bring your blue skies back, all you [Cm] do is call me.
I'll be anything [Eb] you need.
[Dm] You could [Eb] have a big dipper going up and down around the base.
You could have a bumper car bumpin'.
This amusement never [Dbm] [Cm] ends.
[Ab] I wanna [Db] be [Fm] a sledgehammer.
Why don't you [F] call [Bb] my [F] name?
Let me be a sledgehammer.
[Db]
[F] This will be my [Eb] testimony.
Yeah, yeah, [Ab] [Eb]
[Db] yeah.
[Ab] [Eb] Just hold me around your fruit [Ab] cage.
[Eb] Cause I will be [F] your honey [Eb] bee.
Open up your fruit [Ab] cage.
[Eb] [Bb] Where [Eb] the fruit and sweet as can be.
I [F] wanna [Fm]
be a sledgehammer.
Why don't you call my [F] name?
[Db]
You better call a [Bb] sledgehammer.
[Db]
[Fm] Put your mind at rest.
[A] I'm gonna [Db]
be your [Ab] [Bb] sledgehammer.
[Db]
This [F] can be my testimony.
[Db] I'm gonna be your sledgehammer.
[F] There will be no doubt [Eb] about it.
[Ab] Sledge, [Eb] [Db] [Ebm] sledgehammer.
[Eb] [B]
[Ab] [Ebm]
[B]
[Ab] [Eb]
I get to have it.
[B] They shed my [Ab] skin.
[Eb] You know this is a new start.
When [B] I go dancing in [Ab] the park.
Cause [F] [Eb] you serve for me.
And [B] I will serve for you.
[Ab] [Eb]
Please serve for me.
And [B] I will serve for you.
[Ab] You've [Eb] been through all.
You've been [B] through all.
I'm gonna [Ab] feel that power.
[Eb]
I've been feeding the river.
[B]
I'm gonna [Ab] feel that power.
Yeah, I'm [Eb] building you.
Come on, come on, help me through.
Come [B] on, come on, help me through.
[Ab] [Eb] I get to have it.
They [B]
shed my [Ab] skin.
You know [Eb]
this is a new start.
I [Bm] will go dancing [Ab] in the park.
[Eb] Cause you serve for me.
And [B] I will serve for you.
[Ab] Please [Eb]
[Ab] serve for [Eb] me.
And [B] I will serve for you.
[Ab] Yeah, yeah, yeah, [Eb] I'm building you.
[N]
Thank you very much everybody.
You know just trying it, you know.
It's a fun one.
[Ab] [Eb]
[N] [Ebm] [Db] [Eb]
[Eb]
[Gb] [Bbm] [C] [Bb]
[Eb] Oh, you could have a steam train.
If you just lay down your stripes, [Db] you could [Eb] have an airplane flying.
If you bring your blue skies back, all you [Cm] do is call me.
I'll be anything [Eb] you need.
[Dm] You could [Eb] have a big dipper going up and down around the base.
You could have a bumper car bumpin'.
This amusement never [Dbm] [Cm] ends.
[Ab] I wanna [Db] be [Fm] a sledgehammer.
Why don't you [F] call [Bb] my [F] name?
Let me be a sledgehammer.
[Db]
[F] This will be my [Eb] testimony.
Yeah, yeah, [Ab] [Eb]
[Db] yeah.
[Ab] [Eb] Just hold me around your fruit [Ab] cage.
[Eb] Cause I will be [F] your honey [Eb] bee.
Open up your fruit [Ab] cage.
[Eb] [Bb] Where [Eb] the fruit and sweet as can be.
I [F] wanna [Fm]
be a sledgehammer.
Why don't you call my [F] name?
[Db]
You better call a [Bb] sledgehammer.
[Db]
[Fm] Put your mind at rest.
[A] I'm gonna [Db]
be your [Ab] [Bb] sledgehammer.
[Db]
This [F] can be my testimony.
[Db] I'm gonna be your sledgehammer.
[F] There will be no doubt [Eb] about it.
[Ab] Sledge, [Eb] [Db] [Ebm] sledgehammer.
[Eb] [B]
[Ab] [Ebm]
[B]
[Ab] [Eb]
I get to have it.
[B] They shed my [Ab] skin.
[Eb] You know this is a new start.
When [B] I go dancing in [Ab] the park.
Cause [F] [Eb] you serve for me.
And [B] I will serve for you.
[Ab] [Eb]
Please serve for me.
And [B] I will serve for you.
[Ab] You've [Eb] been through all.
You've been [B] through all.
I'm gonna [Ab] feel that power.
[Eb]
I've been feeding the river.
[B]
I'm gonna [Ab] feel that power.
Yeah, I'm [Eb] building you.
Come on, come on, help me through.
Come [B] on, come on, help me through.
[Ab] [Eb] I get to have it.
They [B]
shed my [Ab] skin.
You know [Eb]
this is a new start.
I [Bm] will go dancing [Ab] in the park.
[Eb] Cause you serve for me.
And [B] I will serve for you.
[Ab] Please [Eb]
[Ab] serve for [Eb] me.
And [B] I will serve for you.
[Ab] Yeah, yeah, yeah, [Eb] I'm building you.
[N]
Thank you very much everybody.
You know just trying it, you know.
It's a fun one.
Key:
Eb
Ab
B
Db
F
Eb
Ab
B
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[N] _ _ _ [Ebm] _ [Db] _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Gb] _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ Oh, _ _ _ _ _ _ you _ _ could _ have a steam _ train.
_ _ If you just lay down your stripes, [Db] you could [Eb] have an airplane _ flying.
If you bring your blue skies back, all you [Cm] do is call me.
_ _ I'll be anything [Eb] you need. _
_ _ _ [Dm] You could [Eb] have a big dipper _ _ _ going up and down around the base.
You could have a bumper car _ bumpin'.
This amusement never [Dbm] [Cm] ends.
[Ab] I wanna [Db] be _ [Fm] a sledgehammer. _ _
Why don't you [F] call [Bb] my [F] name? _ _ _
Let me be a sledgehammer.
_ [Db] _ _
[F] This will be my [Eb] testimony. _
Yeah, yeah, [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ [Db] yeah.
[Ab] [Eb] Just hold me around your fruit [Ab] cage.
_ [Eb] _ _ Cause I will be [F] your honey [Eb] bee.
_ Open up your fruit [Ab] cage.
_ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] Where [Eb] the fruit and sweet as can be.
I [F] wanna [Fm]
be _ a sledgehammer. _ _
Why don't you call my [F] name?
_ [Db] _
You better call a [Bb] sledgehammer.
_ [Db] _
_ [Fm] Put your mind at rest.
[A] I'm gonna [Db]
be your _ [Ab] _ _ [Bb] sledgehammer.
[Db] _
_ This [F] can be my _ testimony.
[Db] _ I'm gonna be your _ sledgehammer. _
_ _ [F] There will be no doubt [Eb] about it.
[Ab] Sledge, _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Db] _ [Ebm] _ sledgehammer. _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Ebm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Eb]
I get to have _ _ it.
[B] They shed my [Ab] skin.
_ [Eb] You know this is a new start.
_ _ When [B] I go dancing in [Ab] the park.
Cause [F] [Eb] you serve for me.
_ And [B] I will serve for you.
[Ab] _ _ _ _ [Eb]
Please serve for me.
_ _ And [B] I will serve for you.
[Ab] _ _ You've [Eb] been through all.
_ _ You've been [B] through all.
I'm gonna [Ab] feel that power.
_ _ [Eb] _
_ _ I've been feeding the river.
_ _ [B] _
_ I'm gonna [Ab] feel that power.
Yeah, I'm [Eb] building you.
Come on, come on, help me through.
Come [B] on, come on, help me through.
_ [Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] I get to have it.
_ They [B] _
shed my [Ab] skin.
_ You know [Eb]
this is a new start.
I [Bm] will go dancing [Ab] in the park.
[Eb] Cause you serve for me.
And _ [B] I will serve for you.
[Ab] _ _ Please [Eb] _
[Ab] serve for [Eb] me.
And _ [B] I will serve for you.
[Ab] Yeah, yeah, yeah, [Eb] I'm building you.
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Thank you very much everybody.
You know just trying it, you know.
It's a fun one.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[N] _ _ _ [Ebm] _ [Db] _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Gb] _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ Oh, _ _ _ _ _ _ you _ _ could _ have a steam _ train.
_ _ If you just lay down your stripes, [Db] you could [Eb] have an airplane _ flying.
If you bring your blue skies back, all you [Cm] do is call me.
_ _ I'll be anything [Eb] you need. _
_ _ _ [Dm] You could [Eb] have a big dipper _ _ _ going up and down around the base.
You could have a bumper car _ bumpin'.
This amusement never [Dbm] [Cm] ends.
[Ab] I wanna [Db] be _ [Fm] a sledgehammer. _ _
Why don't you [F] call [Bb] my [F] name? _ _ _
Let me be a sledgehammer.
_ [Db] _ _
[F] This will be my [Eb] testimony. _
Yeah, yeah, [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ [Db] yeah.
[Ab] [Eb] Just hold me around your fruit [Ab] cage.
_ [Eb] _ _ Cause I will be [F] your honey [Eb] bee.
_ Open up your fruit [Ab] cage.
_ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] Where [Eb] the fruit and sweet as can be.
I [F] wanna [Fm]
be _ a sledgehammer. _ _
Why don't you call my [F] name?
_ [Db] _
You better call a [Bb] sledgehammer.
_ [Db] _
_ [Fm] Put your mind at rest.
[A] I'm gonna [Db]
be your _ [Ab] _ _ [Bb] sledgehammer.
[Db] _
_ This [F] can be my _ testimony.
[Db] _ I'm gonna be your _ sledgehammer. _
_ _ [F] There will be no doubt [Eb] about it.
[Ab] Sledge, _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Db] _ [Ebm] _ sledgehammer. _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Ebm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Eb]
I get to have _ _ it.
[B] They shed my [Ab] skin.
_ [Eb] You know this is a new start.
_ _ When [B] I go dancing in [Ab] the park.
Cause [F] [Eb] you serve for me.
_ And [B] I will serve for you.
[Ab] _ _ _ _ [Eb]
Please serve for me.
_ _ And [B] I will serve for you.
[Ab] _ _ You've [Eb] been through all.
_ _ You've been [B] through all.
I'm gonna [Ab] feel that power.
_ _ [Eb] _
_ _ I've been feeding the river.
_ _ [B] _
_ I'm gonna [Ab] feel that power.
Yeah, I'm [Eb] building you.
Come on, come on, help me through.
Come [B] on, come on, help me through.
_ [Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] I get to have it.
_ They [B] _
shed my [Ab] skin.
_ You know [Eb]
this is a new start.
I [Bm] will go dancing [Ab] in the park.
[Eb] Cause you serve for me.
And _ [B] I will serve for you.
[Ab] _ _ Please [Eb] _
[Ab] serve for [Eb] me.
And _ [B] I will serve for you.
[Ab] Yeah, yeah, yeah, [Eb] I'm building you.
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Thank you very much everybody.
You know just trying it, you know.
It's a fun one.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _