[Intro - Muted - no drums - Need octave up pedal for this] [G]
[Verse 1 - Octaver] I stay out too [Am] late Got nothing in my [C] brain That's what people [G] say, mmm That's what people [G] say, mmm I go on too many [Am] dates But I can't make 'em [C] stay At least that's what people [G] say, mmm That's what people [G] say, mmm
[Pre-Chorus 1 - Octaver] But I keep [Am] cruisin' Can't stop won't stop [C] moving It's like I got this [G] music in my mind Saying [G] it's gonna be alright
[Chorus] Cause the [Am] players gonna play, play, play, play, play And the [C] haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate baby [G] I'm just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake Shake it off, I shake it off Heart [Am] breakers gonna break, break, break, break, break And the [C] fakers gonna fake, fake, fake, fake, fake baby [G] I'm just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake Shake it off, I shake it off
[Verse 2 - Drums stop - string slaps] I never miss a [Am*] beat I'm lightening on my [C*] feet And that's what they dont' [G] see, mmm That's what they dont' see, mmm I'm dancing on my [Am] own (dancing on my own) I'll make the moves up as I [C] go (moves up as I go) And that's what they don't [G] know, mmm That's what they don't know, mmm
[Pre-Chorus 2 - Drums back in] But I keep [Am] cruisin' Can't stop won't stop [C] groovin' It's like I got this [G] music in my mind Saying [G*/mute] it's gonna be alright
[Chorus] Cause the [Am] players gonna play, play, play, play, play And the [C] haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate baby [G] I'm just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake Shake it off, I shake it off Heart [Am] breakers gonna break, break, break, break, break And the [C] fakers gonna fake, fake, fake, fake, fake baby [G] I'm just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake Shake it off, I shake it off (oooh oooh oooh oooh)
[Post-Chorus] [Am] Shake it off, I shake it off, I I I [C] shake it off, I shake it off, I I I [G] shake it off, I shake it off, I I I shake it off, I shake it off
[Interlude - No chords - just drums] Hey, hey, hey, just think While you've been gettin' down and out About the liars and dirty, dirty cheats of the world You could've been gettin' down to this sick beat
[Bridge] [Am] My ex man brought his [C] new girlfriend She's like " [G] Oh my God" [G] I 'm just gonna shake it To the [Am] fella over there with the [C] hella good hair Won't you [G] come on over baby we could [G] shake shake shake
[Chorus] Ye--ah ohhh! Cause the [Am] players gonna play play play play play And the [C] haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate hate baby [G] I'm just gonna shake shake shake Shake it off, shake it off Heart [Am] breakers gonna break, break, break, break, break And the [C] fakers gonna fake, fake, fake, fake, fake baby [G] I'm just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake Shake it off, shake it off (oooh oooh oooh oooh)
[Post-Chorus] [Am] Shake it off, I shake it off, I I I [C] shake it off, I shake it off, I I I [G] shake it off, I shake it off, I I I [G] shake it off, I shake it off [Am] Shake it off, I shake it off, I I I [C] shake it off, I shake it off, I I I [G] shake it off, I shake it off, I I I [G] shake it off, I shake it off [Am] Shake it off, I shake it off, I I I [C] shake it off, I shake it off, I I I [G] shake it off, I shake it off, I I I [G] shake it off, I shake it off
[Intro - BPM 129] [Intro - BPM 127 - Capo 2 for original] [E][E][E][E] (can play low E and pluck these to fill out) B 0-2-3---0-2-3-2-0---3-2-0-----
B 3-5-7---3-5-7-5-3---7-5-3-----
B 7-9-10--7-9-10--9--14--12-----
[Verse] [A] Where it began [D] I can't begin to knowin' [A] But then I know it's growin' [E] strong [A] Was in the spring, [D] then spring became a summer [A] Who'd have believed you'd come a [E] long
[Chorus] [A] Sweet Caro [D] line, (Run [D-x5777x][D/C#-x4777x][D/F#-2x0232]) good times never seemed so [E] good [A] I'd be inc [D] lined (Run [D][D/C#][D/F#]) to believe they never [E] would [D] But [C#m] now [Bm] I'm
[Verse 2] [A] Look at the night [D] and it don't seem so lonely [A] We fill it up with only [E] two [A] And when I hurt, [D] hurting runs off my shoulder [A] How can I hurt when holdin' [E] you
[Chorus] [A] Sweet Caro [D] line, (Run [D][D/C#][D/F#]) good times never seemed so [E] good [A] I'd be inc [D] lined (Run [D][D/C#][D/F#]) to believe they never [E] would [D] Oh [C#m] no [Bm] no
[Instrumental - Horn intro part] [E][E][E][E]
[Chorus] [A] Sweet Caro [D] line, (Run [D][D/C#][D/F#]) good times never seemed so [E] good [A] Sweet Caro [D] line, (Run [D][D/C#][D/F#]) I believe they never [E] could [A] Sweet Caro [D] line, (Run [D][D/C#][D/F#]) good times never seemed so [E] good
(fade out) [End] [Additional notes] [Horn Intro full for beginning] (pluck all notes and play low E at all times) B--0-2-3---0-2-3-2-0---3-2-0