Sledgehammer by Peter Gabriel Lyric and Guitar Chords

If you are looking for Sledgehammer guitar chords, you’ve come to the right place.
You can play Sledgehammer by Peter Gabriel using guitar or guitar.
This song by Peter Gabriel can also be played by that instruments.
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Sledgehammer guitar chords has rhythm and included in So (1986) album.
You can also find another musical genres, including jazz guitar chords, country music guitar chords, pop guitar chords, world music guitar chords, and rock guitar chords here.

Sledgehammer by Peter Gabriel Guitar Chords


Song: Sledgehammer
Tabbed by: DJ
5th May 2014

A version for acoustic guitar

CAPO: 1st fret (Sounds in the key of Eb)

Chord names and fret positions are relative to the capo:
D xx0232 G7 320001 Em7 022030
Cadd9 x32003 A7 x02020 Dm xx0231
Bb x13331 A7sus4 x02030
C x32010 Bm x24432

(Intro freely)

e |—————–|—————–|————|——————-|
B |—3—/15—3—|—3—/15—3—|—1—/3—|——————-|
G |—————–|—————–|————|—2-p0————|
D |—————–|—————–|————|——–3–p0——|
A |—————–|—————–|————|—————3—|
E |—————–|—————–|————|——————-|

(Main riff)

D
!
D
!

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 |———————–|———————-|

|

A#
/ / /
C
/ |
G7
/ / / / |
A7
/ / / / |
!
/_/ /_/ /_/ /_/ |

Ye

D
ah – hey,
!
use it,
D
e
!
verybody u
D
se it!
!

D
!
You could have a st
D
eam train,
!
|
D
/ /
!
/ / |
If you’d ju
D
st lay
!
down your tr
D
acks,
!
You could have an ae
D
ro –
!
plane— fl
D
ying,
!
If you br
D
ing your
!
blue sky b
D
ack,
!
All you do is c
Bm
all me, I’ll be anything you ne
D
ed!
!

|

D
/__
D
/ /
!
__/ /
D

^ ^ ^ ^

You could have a b

D
ig dipper,
!

D
!
Going up and d
D
own, all a –
!
round the be
D
nds,
!
You could have a bum
D
per
!
car, bum
D
ping,
!

This a – mu
D
sement
!
never en
D
ds!
!

I wanna

Bm
be..
C
.
Em7
your sledgehammer,
Bm
C
Why don’t you
Em7
call my name?
Bm
C
Ah! Oh, let me
Em7
be your sledgehammer,
Bm
C
This will
Em7
be my testimony,
D
Yeah!
!
D
Yeah!
!

|

D
/ /
!
/ / |
D
/__
D
/ /
!
__/ /
D

^ ^ ^ ^

Show me round your fr

D
uit cage,
!
|
D
/ /
!
/ / |
‘Cause I will
D
be your
!
honey b
D
ee,
!
Open up your fr
D
uit cage,
!
|
D
/ /
!
/ / |
With a f
D
ruit that is
!
sweet as can
D
be!
!

I wanna

Bm
be.
C
..
Em7
your sledgehammer,
Bm
C
Why don’t you
Em7
call my name?
Bm
H
C
ah! You’d better
Em7
call the sledgehammer,
Bm
C
Put your m
Em7
ind at rest,
I’m gonna
Bm
be…
C
Em7
your sledgehammer,
Bm
C
This can
Em7
be my testimony,
Bm
C
Hah! I’m your.
Em7
.. sledgehammer,
Bm
C
Let there
Em7
be no doubt about it!

Dm
Sledge!
!
Dm
Sledge!
!
|
Dm
/ /
!
/ / |
Dm
Sledge – h
!
ammer! |
Dm
/ /
!
/ / |
Dm
/ /
!
/ / |

|

A#
/ / /
C
/ |
G7
/ / /
G
/ |
Dm
/ / /
!
/ |
Dm
/ /
!
/ / |

|

A#
/ / / / |
C
/
G
/ I keep a – ru
G7
nning!
^ ^

Dm
I kicked the ha
!
- bit, (Kicked the ha –
Dm
bit, kicked the ha -
!
bit!)
A#
Shed my skin,
G
(Shed my s
G7
kin!)
Dm
This is the
!
new stuff,
Dm
(This is the
!
new stuff!)
I come..
A#
. dancing in, we go d
G
an…cing
G7
in!

Oh, won’t you

Dm
…show for
!
me?
Dm
(Show for
!
me!)
I will
A#
…show for you,
G
(Show for
G7
you!)
Please,
Dm
…show for
!
me,
Dm
(Show for
!
me!)
I will…
A#
show for you! Y
G
eah – yeah! Yeah – yeah!
Y
G7
eah, I do mean
Dm
you!
!
Only
Dm
you, you’ve been
!
coming th
A#
rough,
A – gonna build that p
G
ower, bu
G7
ild, build up that p
Dm
ower, haaaa,
I’ve been f
!
eeding the rh
Dm
ythm, huh, I’ve been f
!
eeding the rh
A#
ythm,
Going to feel that p
G
ower, h
G7
ey… build in
Dm
you! Ahhhh!

Come

!
on, come on, h
Dm
elp me do! Come
!
on, come on h
A#
elp me do,
Y
G
eah – yeah, yeah – yeah! Y
G7
eah – yeah, yeah – yeah,
Dm
you,
I’ve been
!
feeding my rh
Dm
ythm, I’ve been f
!
eeding my rh
A#
ythm,
It’s what we’re d
G
oing, doing..
G7
. all day and
Dm
night,
Ah, come
!
on, come on, h
Dm
elp me do! Come
!
on, come on, h
A#
elp me do,
Y
G
eah – yeah, yeah – yeah! Y
G7
eah – yeah, yeah – yeah,
Dm
you!

If you want to learn Peter Gabriel Sledgehammer guitar chords, The 5 chords we’ll look at are the C major, A major, G major, E major, and D major.
The reason we use all major chords is that the minor versions of any of these chords just require tiny adjustments.
Each one of those minor chords is completely based on its major counterpart

The more you practice, the easier guitar will feel to play Sledgehammer. Guitar is hard to learn in the beginning, but gets easier the longer you stick with it.

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