• Song:

    Shake Live

  • Artist:

    Otis Redding

This is the chord progression from the live version of "shake", the LP version is just 
same chords, just try by trial and error for the timing.

Guitar                     Bass
C: 8 10 10 9  8  8         C:(A)--3---|
F: x 8  10 10 10 8         F:(D)--3---|
G: x 10 12 12 12 10        G:(D)--5---|


Intro: C


C
Shake!

(bass only: A ||:-3-3-3-3-3-1-2-3:||)

[Everybody say it!] Shake!
[Early in the morning] Shake!
[Late in the evening] Shake!
[In the midnight hour] Shake!
[When the time's going bad, now] Shake!
Shake with the FEELING!
Shake with the FEELING!

C
Listen while I'm talkin' to you now
C
Tell you what I'm gonna do now
F
There's a new thing going around now
C
I'll tell what to put down now
G
You move your body all around
C
And just shake

G F G F F F G

C
Thats the way you do it Shake, Shake, Shake it baby
C
Shake it like a bowl of soup
C
Let your body loop de loop
F
Put your hands on your hip
C
Come on and let your backbone slip
G
Move your body like your hip
C
And just shake!

C
Shake early in the morning
C
Shake early in the evening
G F G F FF G

F
A Ring-A-Ling-A-Ling
C
Honey, Shakin' is the greatest thing
F                      G
But if you really roll Gotta do the thing with SOUL!

C
Shake shake with all your might now
C
If you do it, do it right now
F
Put your hands on your hip,yeah
C
Come on and let your backbone slip
G
Move your body like your hip
C
And just shake

C
[God have mercy now!]
C
Early in the morning
C
Early in the evening All night long, y'all!
F   C   F     G F G F F F G
C
If you really want to roll
F
Gotta do the thing with SOUL!
C
Shake shake with all your might
F
If you do it, do it right
G
Let your body loop de lite
C
Shake!

(bass: A ||:-3-3-3-3-3-1-2-3:||)
C
Everybody say it, Shake!
C
One more time, Shake!
C
Everybody louder, Shake!
C
One more time, now, say Shake!
C
Everybody a bit louder, Shake!
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