Sledgehammer Chords by Dave Matthews Band

Tempo:
99.05 bpm
Chords used:

Eb

Ab

B

Db

F

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Dave Matthews Band - Sledgehammer chords
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[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.
Key:  
Eb
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Ab
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B
12341112
Db
12341114
F
134211111
Eb
12341116
Ab
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B
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To learn Dave Matthews Band - (Live) Sledgehammer chords, focus on the sequence of these chords: Eb, Ab, Eb, B and Ab. To master the tempo, it's wise to start at 49 BPM before aiming for the song's 99 BPM. With the song's key of Eb Major, set your capo to fit your vocal range and chord choice.

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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [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.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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