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[Main riff]
      D         Cadd9          D       Cadd9
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 |-----------------------|----------------------|

    Bb        C     G7             A7            A7sus4
|  /  /  /   /  |  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |  /_/ /_/ /_/ /_/ |

   D         Cadd9     D    Cadd9     D       Cadd9
Yeah - hey,  use it,      everybody use it!


[Verse 1]
 D  Cadd9               D          Cadd9     D    Cadd9
    You could have a steam train,        |  /  /  /  /  |
            D      Cadd9       D
If you'd just lay down your tracks,
 Cadd9                D    Cadd9      D
 You could have an aero - plane--- flying,
 Cadd9           D        Cadd9     D
       If you bring your blue sky back,
 Cadd9           Bm                             D    Cadd9
 All you do is call me, I'll be anything you need!

    D  D   Cadd9  D
|  /__/  /__/   /
   ^  ^     ^   ^


[Verse 2]
                   D          Cadd9
You could have a big dipper,
 D   Cadd9         D            Cadd9       D
    Going up and down, all a - round the bends,
 Cadd9                D   Cadd9    D      Cadd9
 You could have a bumper  car, bumping,
            D      Cadd9   D     Cadd9
This a - musement never ends!


[Chorus]
         Bm  C   Em7
I wanna be...       your sledgehammer,
 Bm  C                 Em7
        Why don't you call my name?
 Bm  C               Em7
    Ah!  Oh, let me be your sledgehammer,
 Bm  C             Em7
        This will be my testimony,
 D        Cadd9   D         Cadd9 
   Yeah!             Yeah!

    D     Cadd9     D  D   Cadd9  D
|  /  /   /  /  |  /__/  /__/   /
                   ^  ^     ^   ^ 

[Verse 3]
                      D         Cadd9   D    Cadd9
Show me round your fruit cage,      |  /  /  /  /  | 
               D       Cadd9  D
'Cause I will be your honey bee,
 Cadd9          D        Cadd9     D    Cadd9
Open up your fruit cage,       |  /  /  /  /  | 
         D            Cadd9        D    Cadd9
With a fruit that is sweet as can be!


[Chorus]
         Bm C    Em7
I wanna be...       your sledgehammer,
 Bm  C                 Em7
        Why don't you call my name?
 Bm  C                 Em7
   Hah!  You'd better call the sledgehammer,
 Bm  C             Em7
        Put your mind at rest,
           Bm   C   Em7
I'm gonna be...         your sledgehammer,
 Bm  C           Em7
        This can be my testimony,
 Bm  C              Em7
    Hah!  I'm your...  sledgehammer,
 Bm  C             Em7
        Let there be no doubt about it!


[Bridge]
 Dm          Cadd9   Dm          Cadd9   Dm    Cadd9
    Sledge!             Sledge!       |  /  /  /  /  |
 Dm           Cadd9     Dm   Cadd9      Dm   Cadd9
   Sledge - hammer! |  /  /   /  /  |  /  /   /  /  |

    Bb        C     G7        G    Dm      Cadd9  Dm     Cadd9
|  /  /  /   /  |  /  /  /   /  |  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |

    Bb             C  G                G7
|  /  /  /  /  |  /  /   I keep a - running!
                  ^  ^

[Verse 4]
 Dm                  Cadd9                   Dm                  Cadd9
    I kicked the ha - bit, (Kicked the ha - bit, kicked the ha - bit!)
 Bb                G            G7
    Shed my skin,    (Shed my skin!)
 Dm              Cadd9      Dm              Cadd9
    This is the new stuff,     (This is the new stuff!)
         Bb                    G      G7
I come...  dancing in, we go dancing in!


[Verse 5]
               Dm          Cadd9   Dm           Cadd9
Oh, won't you  ...show for me?        (Show for me!)
         Bb                G             G7
I will  ...show for you,      (Show for you!)
          Dm           Cadd9   Dm           Cadd9
Please,    ...show for me,        (Show for me!)
          Bb                  G
I will...   show for you!   Yeah - yeah!  Yeah - yeah!
  G7             Dm   Cadd9  Dm               Cadd9    Bb
Yeah, I do mean you,  only  you, you've been coming through,
                       G         G7                  Dm 
A - gonna build that power,   build, build up that power, haaaa,
            Cadd9        Dm                    Cadd9        Bb
I've been feeding the rhythm, huh, I've been feeding the rhythm,
                     G     G7              Dm
Going to feel that power, hey... build in you!  Ahhhh!


[Coda]
     Cadd9           Dm              Cadd9          Bb
Come on,  come on, help me do!  Come on,  come on help me do,
  G                          G7                       Dm
Yeah - yeah, yeah - yeah!  Yeah - yeah, yeah - yeah, you!
           Cadd9        Dm               Cadd9       Bb
I've been feeding my rhythm, I've been feeding my rhythm,
                  G            G7              Dm
It's what we're doing, doing...   all day and night,
         Cadd9          Dm              Cadd9          Bb
Ah, come on, come on, help me do!  Come on, come on, help me do!
  G                          G7                       Dm
Yeah - yeah, yeah - yeah!  Yeah - yeah, yeah - yeah, you!