[Intro Riff - A and E - No drums - BPM 133] e|-------------0-0---------------------0 B|-2-2-3-2-0---0---3-2-0----2-2-3-2-0--0 G|-2---------2-1--------2---2--------2-1 D|-2-----------2------------2----------2 A|-0-----------2------------0----------2 E|-------------0-----------------------0
[Repeat Intro with Drums]
[Chorus - Just A and E] [A] Shake, baby, [E] shake, You know I can [A] fit you in my [E] arms [A] Brake, baby, [E] brake, taking me [A] in with all your [E] charms
[STOP on E then play Riff which usually play over A] e|0-------------- B|0---2---3-2-0-- G|1-------------2 D|2-------------- A|2-------------- E|0--------------
[Verse - Drums back in] [A] I've never [D] been inside you [Bm] but you're so al [E] luring [A] They call you [D] little mouse by [Bm] name in Rome and [E] Turin
[Pre-Chorus] [F#m] Looking now at your [G] famous shape [F#m] They don't make them [F] like you any [E] more
[Chorus] [A] Shake, baby, [E] shake, You know I can [A] fit you in my [E] arms [A] Brake, baby, [E] brake, taking me [A] in with all your [E] charms
[Verse - Just bass drum][#############Scroll###############] [A] When things are [D] looking good there's [Bm] always compli [E] cations [A] I can't be [D] with you so I'm [Bm] at the railway [E] station
[Pre-Chorus - Full drums] [F#m] Let's run away and be [G] so alive [F#m] Escape the drudgery of this [F] nine to [E] five
[Solo - play all chords up neck where possible] A E x 4 D E A F#m x 2 F G D D E E
[Chorus - Just drums] [A] Shake, baby, [E] shake, You know I can [A] fit you in my [E] arms (Guitar back in) [A] Brake, baby, [E] brake, taking me [A] in with all your [E] charms [A] Shake, baby, [E] shake, You know I [A] worship from a [E] far [A] Brake, baby, [E] brake, How I [A] wish you were my [E] car [A] Shake, baby, [E] shake, You know I can [A] fit you in my [E] arms [A] Brake, baby, [E] brake, Taking me [A] in with all your [E] charms [A] Shake, baby, [E] shake [A] Shake, baby, [E] shake [A] Shake, baby, [E] shake [A] Shake, baby, [E] shake, I [A] will
[Verse - No drums - BPM 88] [Em] I never saw it as the [D] start, It's more a [G] change of heart (bass drum in) [F] Rapping on the windows, whistling down the chimney [E] pot [G] Blowing up the dust in the room where I for [D] got I [C] laid my plans in [B] solid rock (snare lightly in) [Em] Stepping through the door Like a troubadour whiling just an [A] hour away, [Em] Looking at the trees on the roadside feeling it's a [A] holiday
[Chorus - Backward drums] [D] You and I should [A#dim7-x12020] ride the coast And [Bm] wind up in our [A/C#-x4222x] favourite coats just [Em] miles away. [G] Roll a number ........ write another song Like [A] Jimmy heard the day he caught the train.
[Post-Chorus - Full drums] [D] Wo [A] wo la la [G] Wo [Em7] wo la la [D] Wo [A] wo la la [G] Wo [Em7] wo laaa (drums stop)
[Verse] [Em] He sipped another rum and [D] coke and told a [G] dirty joke (drums back in) [F] Walking like Groucho sucking on a number [E] 10 [G] Rolling on the floor with the cigarette burns walked [D] in I'll [C] miss the crush and I'm [B] home again
[Em] Stepping through the door With the night in store whiling just an [A] hour away, [Em] Step into the sky in the star bright feeling it's a [A] brighter day.
[Chorus - Backward drums] [D] You and I should [A#dim7-x12020] ride the coast And [Bm] wind up in our [A/C#-x4222x] favourite coats just [Em] miles away. [G] Roll a number ........ write another song Like [A] Jimmy heard the day he caught the train.
[Post-Chorus - Full drums] [D] Wo [A] wo la la [G] Wo [Em7] wo la la [D] Wo [A] wo la la [G] Wo [Em7] wo laaa
[Bridge - run1 E 3 2 0 A 2 D 2] [A] You and I should ride the tracks And find ourselves just wading through to [D] morrow [A] And you and I when we're coming down
We're only getting back And you know I feel no [D] sorrow. [A][G(run1)][Em]
[Vamp] D A G(run1) Em x 2
[Post-Chorus] [D] Wo [A] wo la la [G] Wo [Em7] wo la la [D] Wo [A] wo la la [G] Wo [Em7] wo laaa
[Bridge] [D] When you find that [A] things are getting wild [G] Don't you want days like [Em7] these? (big fill) [D] When you find that [A] things are getting wild [G] Don't you want days like [Em7] these? (big fill) [D] When you find that [A] things are getting wild [G] Don't you need days like [Em7] these? (big fill) [D] When you find that [A] things are getting wild [G] Don't you want days like [Em7] these? I say
[Post-Chorus] [D] Wo [A] wo la la [G] Wo [Em7] wo la la [D] Wo [A] wo la la [G] Wo [Em7] wo laaa