[Intro - BPM 114 - No drums] Riff over D A/D G/D A/D E ------------------5----repeat with A/D and G/D lifting first finger off 5th fret on A B 7---------7----8--7----5-5---3-3--5-5--- G 7---------7-x2-7--7----6-6---4-4--6-6--- D 7---------7----7--7----7-7---5-5--7-7--- A 5-5-5-555-0-------5----5-0---5-0--5-0--- E --------
(mute chords a bit so dont play low bass notes by accident and controls ring) [D][A/D-x57655 or xx0220][G/D-55433][A/D]
[D] Boom, boom, bah, bah [A/D-xx0220] Boom, boom, bah, bay B [G/D-xx0001] b boom, bah, bay, bay. [A/D]
[Verse 1 - Drums in] [D] Pressure pushing [A/D] down on me Pressing [G/D] down on you, no man ask [A/D] for Under [D] pressure that burns a [A/C#] building down Splits a [G/B] family in two Puts [A] people on streets [D] Boom, bah, bay, bay, [A/C#] boom, bah, bay, bay Do [G/B] day dah do day dah, [A] that's okay
[Verse 2 - Bass drum on all quarter notes - no snare] It's the [G] terror of knowing What this [A/G-3x222x] world is about [G] Watching some good friends Screaming [A/G] , "Let me out!" Pray [G] tomorrow gets me [A/G] higher Pressure [D/F#]on [D/F#]people - people [G]on the [A]streets [Drums stop]
[Intro riff over D] [D] Day, day, dee, dee dee oo, oo, bop. Okay!
[Verse 3 - Sing some of this low - Drums back in] [D] Chippin' around, [A/D] kick my brains 'round the floor [G/D] These are the da [A/D*] ys - it never rains but it pours [D] De doh, dah, d [A/C#] oh, de, de, doh, dah, doh [G/B] Mm, dah ,doh , [A] ba ,la ,lop [D] People on streets, de, dah, [A/C#] de, dah, day [G/B] People on streets, de, dah, [A] de, dah, de, dah
[Verse 4 - Bass drum on all quarter notes - no snare] It's the [G] terror of knowing What this [A/G] world is about [G] Watching some good friends Screaming [A/G] , "Let me out!" Pray [G] tomorrow gets me [A/G] higher higher higher... Pressure [D/F#]on [D/F#]people, people [G]on the [A]streets
[Verse 5 - Drums stop] Turned a [G] way from it all like a [C] blind man [G] Sat on a fence but it [C]don't work (bass drum come back in) Keep [G] coming up with love but it's so [C] slashed and torn (perhaps just play chords here to imply the vocals?) Why [Am] , why, [F] why. [G/F-1x0003] ..? [F][G/F] [A] Love In [A]sanity (drums stop)laughs under pressure we crack (snare pick up in) [G] Can't we
[Verse 6 - Full drums] [D] give ourselves one more [G] chance? [A] Why [G] can't we [D] give love that one more [G] chance? [A] Why [G] can't we [D] give love, give love, [G] give love, [A] give lo [G] ve, [D] give love, give [A/C#] love?..
[Verse 7] 'Cause [G/B] love's such an [A] old-fashioned [D] word And love [A/C#]dares you to [G/B]care for The [A]people on the [D]edge of the [A/C#]night And love [G/B]dares you to [A] change our way of (backward drums) [G] Caring a [A/G] bout ourselves [G] This is our [A/G] last dance [G] This is our [A/G] last dance [D/F#] This is our[G] selves[A] .... Under (original riff back in) [D] pressure, under pressure, [G][A7] [D] pressure [G][A7]
[Intro BPM 129 - Use 1st and 2nd fingers on left hand to fret notes so can get good bend] (Part 1) e|-3------------5---3-3----3p2------2- B|-3------------3---3---3--3---3----3- G|-0------------0---0------2-----2--2- D|-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0--------0--------0-
[Intro - 2nd Riff with drums x 2 - Snare pickup] e|-3-------3-----3--2--3-3--2--3--2--3 B|-0--1-1--0--1--0--3--0-0--3--0--3--0 G|-0--0-0--0--0--0--2--0-0--2--0--2--0 D|-0--2-2--0--2--0--0--0-0--0--0--0--0 A|----3-3-----3----------------------- E|-3-------3-----3-----3-3-----3-----3
[Verse 1] She was a [G] fast machine, she kept her [C] motor clean ..She was the [D] best damn woman that I [G] ever seen ..She had the [G] sightless eyes, telling [C] me no lies [D] Knockin' me out with those A [G] merican thighs ..Taking
[G] more than her share, had [C] me fighting for air, She [D] told me to come, but I was [G] already there ..'Cause the [G] walls start shaking, the [C] earth was quaking ..My [D] mind was aching, [##Stop and scroll##] and [D] we were making it [###################################################################]
[Chorus] And [G] you shook me [C] all [G/B] night [D] long [C][G/B] .. Yeah, [G] you shook me [C] all [G/B] night [D] long [C][G/B]
[Verse 2] Working [G] double time on the se [C] duction line ..She was [D] one of a kind, she's just [G] mine, all mine ..Wanted [G] no applause, just a [C] nother course ..Made a [D] meal out of me and [G] come back for more ..Had to
[G] cool me down to take a [C] -nother round, ..Now I'm [D] back in the ring to take a [G] -nother swing ..'Cause the [G] walls were shaking, the [C] earth was quaking ..My [D] mind was aching, and [D] we were making it
[Chorus] And [G] you shook me [C] all [G/B] night [D] long [C][G/B] .. Yeah, [G] you shook me [C] all [G/B] night [D] long And [C] knocked me [G/B] out I said [G] you shook me [C] all [G/B] night [D] long [C] You had me [G/B] shakin' and [G] you shook me [C] all [G/B] night [D] long [Dsus4] Yeah, you shook me [D] ..... Well, you took me
[Chorus] You really took me and [G] you shook me [C] all [G/B] night [D] long [C][G/B] Ooooh [G] you Shook me [C] all [G/B] night [D] long [C][G/B] Yeah, yeah, [G] you shook me [C] all. [G/B] [D] night long [C] You really [G/B] got me and [G] you shook me [C] all [G/B] night [D] long
[Outro] [C] Yeah, you [G/B] shook me .... [D] [C] Yeah, you [G/B] shook me .... [D] [D] All night long .... [D][D][D][D][D][D][D][D]
