[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 riff - no drums - BPM 81] E --0-2-3-5-3-2-0-0---0-2-(triplet)-(triplet) B ------------------4-----2h4h55----5p4p24- G --------------------------------------- D 2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------------------
[Drum Intro - snare on each quarter note] 2 bars just drums 2 bars + Em (try upward strum rakes to simulate original)
[Verse 1] Playing sitar line during verse over Em and B section E -0-------5---------------2---- B -5-5-7-8---8-7-5--5-4--5---5-4 G ------------------4----------- D ------------------4----------- A -7----------------2----------- E ------------------------------ Em B
[Em] I see a red door and I [B] want it painted black. [Em] No colours anymore I [B] want them to turn black. (Straight drums in) [Em] I [D] see the [G] girls walk [D] by dressed [Em] in their summer clothes. (Em riff) [Em] I [D] have to [G] turn my [D] head unt [A] il my darkness g [B] oes.
[Verse 2] (Drums - snare on each quarter note) [Em] I see a line of cars and [B] they're all painted black. [Em] With flowers and my love both [B] never to come back. (Straight drums in) [Em] I [D] see people [G] turn their [D] heads and [Em] quickly look away. (Em riff) [Em] Like a [D] newborn [G] baby [D] it just [A] happens every [B] day.
[Verse 3] (Drums - snare on each quarter note) [Em] I look inside myself and [B] see my heart is black. [Em] I see my red door, I must [B] have it painted black (Straight drums in) [Em] Maybe [D] then I'll [G] fade a [D] way and [Em] not have to face the facts. (Em riff) [Em] It's not [D] easy [G] facing [D] up when [A] your whole world is [B] black.
[Verse 4] (Quiet - no drums) [Em] No more will my green sea go [B] turn a deeper blue. [Em] I could not forsee this thing [B] happening to you. (Straight drums in) [Em] If [D] I look [G] hard en [D] nough in [Em] to the setting sun (Em riff) [Em] My [D] love will [G] laugh with [D] me be [A] fore the morning [B] comes.
[Verse 5] (Drums - snare on each quarter note) [Em] I see a red door and I [B] want it painted black. [Em] No colours anymore I [B] want them to turn black. (Straight drums in) [Em] I [D] see the [G] girls walk [D] by dressed [Em] in their summer clothes. (Em riff) [Em] I [D] have to [G] turn my [D] head un [A] til my darkness [B] goes.
[Outro - marching riff 1xx 1231 - hit each note with thumb] Em B x 2 - Straight Em B - Bring in marching riff - continue until end Perhaps stop playing chords and concentrate on drumming
[Notes] [Em-riff] - play 22 with 2 and 3rd fingers so can play other notes easily) 022000 022010 022000 022200 022000
