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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*from 'So' (1986)* (modified from Johnny Couchman's original tab: [email protected])
*CAPO 1st FRET* (Original Key: Ebm)
[Intro]
DmBb7G7A7
[Interlude]
DC/D (x4)
[Verse 1]
C/DDC/DDC/D You could have a steam train, DC/DD If you'd just lay down your tracks. C/DDC/DDC/D You could have an aero-plane, flying, DC/DD If you bring your blue sky back.
[Bridge 1]
C/DBmD All you do is call me... I'll be anything you need.
[Interlude]
DC/DDC/D N.C.
[Verse 2]
N.C. DC/DD You could have a big dipper, C/DDC/DD Going up and down, a-round the bends. C/DDC/DDC/D You could have a bumper car, bumping, DC/DDC/D This a-musement never ends.
[Chorus 1]
Bm7C I wanna be, Em7Bm7C (Your Sledgehammer). Em7Bm7C Why don't you call my name? Em7Bm7C Oh, let me be, (your Sledgehammer), Em7 This will be my testimony.
DC/D Yeah, DC/D (Yeah).
[Interlude]
DC/DDC/D N.C.
[Verse 3]
N.C. DC/DDC/D Show me round your fruitcage, DC/DD 'Cos I will be your honey bee. C/DD C/D, DC/D Open up your fruitcage, DC/DDC/D Where the fruit is as sweet as can be.
[Chorus 2]
Bm7C I wanna be, Em7Bm7C (Your Sledgehammer). Em7Bm7C Why don't you call my name? Em7Bm7C You'd better call, (The Sledgehammer), Em7Bm7C Put your mind at rest. I'm gonna be;
Em7Bm7C (The Sledgehammer), Em7Bm7C This can be my testimony, yeah! Em7Bm7C I'm your sledgehammer, Em7 Let there be no doubt about it.
DmA7 Sledge, sledge, sledgehammer.
[Interlude]
DmBb7G7DmBb7G7 Get ready!
[Coda]
Dm I've kicked the habit, (I've kicked the habit), Bb7G7 Shed my skin, (shed my skin). Dm This is the new stuff, (this is the new stuff), Bb7G7 I go dancing in, we go dancing in. Oh, won't you...
Dm Show for me, (show for me), Bb7G7 I will show for you, (show for you). Dm Show for me, (show for me), Bb7G7 I will show for you, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Dm I do mean you, only you, Bb7G7 You've been coming through, going to build that power, Build, build, build, build, build that power. Dm I've been feeding my rhythm, Bb7G7 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!
DmBb7 I've been feeding my rhythm, I've been feeding my rhythm. G7 It's what we're doing, doing all day and night.