Chord/Tab song: Shake

...SHAKE... by Sam Cooke


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from 'Shake' (1965)

CAPO 5th FRET

(Original Key: C)

Intro:

[G] Shake!
Shake!
Shake!
Shake![G][F][G][F]
Listen..[G].

Verse 1:

[G] Listen while I talk to you;
I'll tell you what we're gonna do.
[C7] There's a new thing that's going around,
[G] And I'll tell you what they're puttin' down;
[D7] Just move your body all around;

Chorus 1:

And just [G]shake, oh, mamma,
[G] Shake; thats the way to do it.
[G] Shake; oh, you're looking good now,
[G] Shake,[F][G]
Yeah, [F]ah ha.[G]

Verse 2:

[G] Shake it like a bowl of soup,
And make your body loop de loop.
[C7] Put your hands on your hips,
[G] And kinda let your backbone slip,
[D7] Move your body like a whip;

Chorus 2:

And just [G]shake; umm, that's doing it,
[G] Shake; yeah, you're looking good now.
[G] Shake; go on, do it baby,
[G] Shake,[F][G]
Yeah, [F]ohh.[G]

Bridge 1:

[C] A ring-A-ling-A-ling,
Honey, [G]Shakin' is the latest thing.
[C] And if you wanna swing;
Just [D]loo-[C]sen [D]up [C]them [D]shoulders.

Verse 3:

[G] And if you wanna really roll,
You got to do the thing with soul.
[C7] Shake the shake with all your might,
[G] Oh, if you do it do it right.
[D7] Just make your body loose and light;

Chorus 3:

And kinda [G]shake, oh, honey,
[G] Shake; Hoooo.
[G] Shake oh, that's the way to do it.
[G] Shake;
[F] Ah-[G]ah-[F]ah-ah-ah-[G]yeah.

Verse 4:

[G] And if you wanna really roll,
You got to do the thing with soul.
[C7] Shake the shake with all your might,
[G] Oh, if you do it do it right.
[D7] Just make your body loose and light;

Chorus 4:

And just [G]shake, oh, I like to do it,
[G] Shake; make me feel good now.
[G] Shake; all gone baby,
[G] Shake; don't be shy now.
[G] Shake; dance, with you mama,
[G] Shake; don't, do it baby,
[G] Shake; oh, yeah,
[G] Shake.

(Repeat to Fade)

CHORD DIAGRAMS:


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[G] [F] [C7] [D7] [C] [D]
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Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)