[Intro]
                   Dm7                      Dm7
E|---5p3-----------------------|---5p3--------------------------------|
B|---------6p3-----3---5---3---|---------6p3-----3---3--3---5---3-----|
G|--------------5--------------|--------------5-----------------------|
D|-----------------------------|--------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|--------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|--------------------------------------|
                  Bb7           G7          A7
E|---5p3----------------------------|---------------------8---10------|
B|---------6p3-----3---3--3--5--6---|---8---10---8---10---------------|
G|--------------5-------------------|---------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|


[Verse 1]
 D      C/D  D  C/D   D  C/D  D
Yeah-ah-ah

C/D                D            C/D  D
You could have a steam train,
C/D       D        C/D       D
If you'd just lay down your tracks.
C/D                D   C/D    D
You could have an aeroplane, flying,
C/D     D         C/D      D
If you bring your blue sky back.


[Bridge 1]

C/D            Bm                              D
 All you do is call me... I'll be anything you need.


[Interlude]

|: D  C/D  D |


[Verse 2]

N.C.              D          C/D  D
You could have a big dipper,
C/D           D       C/D       D
Going up and down, a-round the bends.
C/D               D      C/D    D
 You could have a bumper car, bumping,
C/D     D       C/D   D    C/D
The a-musement never ends.


[Chorus 1]

        Bm  C
I wanna be,    (your Sledgehammer).
Bm  C
       Call my name.
Bm  C
       Let me be, (your Sledgehammer),
Bm  C
       This will be my testimony.

  D     C/D
Sledge,
   D       C/D
(Sledge).


[Interlude]

|: D  C/D  D |


[Verse 3]

N.C.                  D       C/D  D
Show me round your fruitcage,
C/D         D        C/D   D
'Cos I will be your honey bee.
C/D            D        C/D  D
Open up your fruitcage,
 C/D        D          C/D         D   C/D
Where the fruit is as sweet as can be.


[Chorus 2]

        Bm  C
I wanna be    (your Sledgehammer).
Bm  C
        Why don't you call my name?
Bm  C
        Ohhh! (The Sledgehammer),
Bm  C
        Put your mind at rest.
          Bm  C
I'm gonna be    (the Sledgehammer)
Bm  C
       This will be my testimony
Bm  C
       I'm your sledgehammer,
Bm  C
       Let there be no doubt about it.
  D     C/D
Sledge,
   D       C/D
(Sledge).
   D       C/D
(Sledge).


[Interlude]

|: Dm Bb7  G7 :||


[Outro]

Dm
 I've kicked the habit, (I've kicked the habit),
Bb7           G7
 Shed my skin, (shed my skin).
Dm
 This is the new stuff, (this is the new stuff),
     Bb7               G7
I go dancing in, we go dancing in. Oh, won't you...

Dm
 Show for me, (show for me),
       Bb7          G7
I will show for you, (show for you).
Dm
 Show for me, (show for me),
       Bb7            G7
I will show for you, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
           Dm
I'm coming too!
                 Dm
Gotta feel that power.
                 Bb7
Gotta feel that rhythm.
                 G7
Gotta feel that rhythm.
                         Dm
yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
 Dm
(show for me),
 Dm             G7  Bb7
(show for me),
 N.C.
Sledge!