...SHAKE... by Sam Cooke
------------............

*from 'Shake' (1965)*


*CAPO 5th FRET*

(Original Key: C)


Intro:

G
 Shake!
Shake!
Shake!
       G  F  G  F
Shake!
        G
Listen...

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:

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

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:

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

Bridge 1:

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

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

         G
And just 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)


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Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)