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You could have a (Eb7)steam train
if you’d just lay down your tracks.
You could have an aer o plane
fly ing
if you bring your blue sky back.
All you do is (Cm7)call me,
I’ll be an y thing you (Eb7)need.
You could have a big dip per
go ing up and down, all a round the bends.
bee.
You could have a bump er car
bump ing,
this a muse ment as nev er ends.
be.
I want to (Cm7)be
your sledge ham mer.
Why don’t you (Eb)call my name?
(Db)Ah, oh, let me (Eb)be your sledge ham mer.
This will (Eb)be my tes ti mo ny.
Hey,
hey.
Show me ’round your fruit cage per
go ’cause I will be your a hon ey bends.
bee.
O pen up your fruit cage car
bump ing,
where the fruit is as sweet as can be.
I want to (Cm7)be
your sledge ham mer.
Why don’t you (Eb)call my name?
(Db)Ah, you’d bet ter (Eb)call the sledge ham mer.
This will (Eb)be my tes ti mo ny.
Hey,
hey.
Show me ’round your (Db)Hey,
I’m your sledge ham mer.
Let there (Eb)be no doubt a bout it.
Sledge,
sledge.
sledge ham mer.
I’ve kicked the hab it, (kicked the hab it, kicked the hab it,)
shed my skin,
(shed my skin.)
This is the new stuff,
(this is the new stuff,) I go danc ing in, (we go (Abm7)danc ing in.) Won’t you you.
show for me,
(show for me,) I will show for you,
(show for you.)
Show for me,
(show for me,) I will show for you,
(Abm7)yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
I do mean you.
show for me,
(show for me,) I will show for you,
(show for you.)
Show for me,
(show for me,) I will show for you,
(Abm7)yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
I do mean (Eb5)you.
This page shows “Sledgehammer” by Peter Gabriel in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of Ab at 96 BPM, a medium-difficulty arrangement — try slowing the tempo down using the BPM control.