Lagu tersebut muncul dalam album studio kelima miliknya yang bertajuk So.
Album yang dirilis pada tahun 1986 tersebut berhasil mendapatkan nominasi Grammy untuk kategori Album of the Year.
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “Sledgehammer” dari Peter Gabriel.
capo 1
[Intro]
Dm Bb7 G7 A7
[Interlude]
D C/D (x4)
[Verse 1]
C/D D C/D D C/D
You could have a steam train,
D C/D D
If you'd just lay down your tracks.
C/D D C/D D C/D
You could have an aero-plane, flying,
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 C/D N.C.
[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 C/D
You could have a bumper car, bumping,
D C/D D C/D
This a-musement never ends.
[Chorus 1]
Bm7 C
I wanna be,
Em7 Bm7 C
(Your Sledgehammer).
Em7 Bm7 C
Why don't you call my name?
Em7 Bm7 C
Oh, let me be, (your Sledgehammer),
Em7
This will be my testimony.
D C/D
Yeah,
D C/D
(Yeah).
[Interlude]
D C/D D C/D N.C.
[Verse 3]
N.C. D C/D D C/D
Show me round your fruitcage,
D C/D D
'Cos I will be your honey bee.
C/D D C/D, D C/D
Open up your fruitcage,
D C/D D C/D
Where the fruit is as sweet as can be.
[Chorus 2]
Bm7 C
I wanna be,
Em7 Bm7 C
(Your Sledgehammer).
Em7 Bm7 C
Why don't you call my name?
Em7 Bm7 C
You'd better call, (The Sledgehammer),
Em7 Bm7 C
Put your mind at rest. I'm gonna be;
Em7 Bm7 C
(The Sledgehammer),
Em7 Bm7 C
This can be my testimony, yeah!
Em7 Bm7 C
I'm your sledgehammer,
Em7
Let there be no doubt about it.
Dm A7
Sledge, sledge, sledgehammer.
[Interlude]
Dm Bb7 G7 Dm Bb7 G7
Get ready!
[Coda]
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 do mean you, only you,
Bb7 G7
You've been coming through, going to build that power,
Build, build, build, build, build that power.
Dm
I've been feeding my rhythm,
Bb7 G7
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!
Dm Bb7
I've been feeding my rhythm, I've been feeding my rhythm.
G7
It's what we're doing, doing all day and night.
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