[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 - Capo 2 - do use capo as key to help play the riff] [Intro Riff - No drums] [G][G][G][G] keyboard riff to bring drums in -2 snares on
[G][G][Em][C] - [G][G][Em][C] [D]
[Verse - No strums - finger picked arps - see notes - or one rake for each chord at start and very light strums after that] So you're in [G] love with some one else Someone who [Em] burns with in your soul And it [C] looks like I [D] am the last to [G] know
I hear you've [G]never felt so alive So much de [Em] sire beyond control And as [C] usual I [D] am the last to [G] know
[Chorus - Imply riff by playing chords with this rhythm x X x XX] The last to [Em7] know how you're [C/G] feeling The last to [G] know where you [Em7] are The last to [C] know if you're [Am] happy now (play chords straighter now) Or if he's [Bm] treating you like I [Bm] treated you Or if he's [C] cruel [D] I'll be the last to [G] know (riff)
[Verse * = snare] We *spent *summers [G] out beyond the bay And you said these [Em] are such perfect days But if the [C] bomb drops baby I [D] want to be the last to [G] know
But now you're [G]living up behind the hill And though we [Em] share the same city and feel the same sun When your win [C] winter comes [D] I'll be the last to [G] know
[Chorus 2] Always the last to [Em7] know how you're [C/G] feeling The last to [G] know where [Em7] you are The last to [C] know if you're [Am] happy now Or if he's
[Bridge] [Bm] pleaded with you like I [Bm] pleaded with you if you [C] go Ohoh ....Don't [D] let me be the last to [C] know .....Don't [D] let me be the laaaaa [D] aaaaaaaaaast (snare)to [G] know (stop drums)
[Riff] [G] x 2
[Middle Eight] (drums back) [Am] Creations gone [D] crazy (that ain't so bad [Am] ) TV's Gone [G] Mad (that ain't so crazy) [Am] Now you're the only sane thing that I [D] have
[Instrumental - Play B string-3-1-0 over all with some notes on G string for G chords] [G][G][G][G] [D][D]
[Chorus 3] (drums stop) Always the last to (drums back in) [Em7] know how you're [C/G] feeling The last to [G] know where [Em/7] you are The last to [C] know if you're [Am] happy now Or if he's [Bm] cheated on you like I [Bm] cheated on you
[Outro] Oh oh (just bass drum - just arpeggios on guitar) [C] ohohh [D] You were the last to [C] know [D] You were the last to [C] know .. Don't (drums back in) [D] let me be the (this is the half bar) [D] (3 bars) laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaast to [G] know [G] (drums stop)
[Riff] [G] x 2
[End] Repeat opening riff [G][G][Em][C] x 4 [G]
[Intro riff - No drums then snare hit on each * - for other riff try to emphasise lower strings for contrast] (support first finger with thumb where you can to lift the melody out) E --x-xx---------3--------- B --x-xx---------0---*-*---0 G --0-00------X3-0--020202- D --0-00--2-0----0--------- A --x-xx---------x--------- E --3-33---------3--------
[G][Em][C] E x-----------------0----0------- B x-------------0---0----1-------0 G 0-------020202----0----0-020202- D 0--2-0------------2----2------- A x-----------------2----3------- E 3-----------------0------------
[G][Em][C] E x-----------------0----0------- B x-------------0---0----1-------0 G 0-------020202----0----0-020202- D 0--2-0------------2----2------- A x-----------------2----3------- E 3-----------------0------------
riff over C slightly different to go to D [C][D] E 0--------2 B 1--------3 G 0--------2 D 2-020202-0 A 3--------x E x--------x
[Finger picked arps - S = WHEN HIT SNARE - can pick single notes with just one finger like a plectrum * = pluck all three] E --0*-S-3---- B --1--S---0-- G --0--S-----0 D -----S------ A -----S------ E 3----S------
[Solo] [G] E --0-0-0---------- B --3-1-0---------- G --0-0-0---2-420-- D ----------------- A ----------------- E 3----------------
E --0-0-0-------------- B --3-1-0-------------- G --0-0-0---2h4p2--2h4p2 D --------------------- A --------------------- E 3--------------------
[D] E --2-2-2-------------- B --3-1-0--10---------- G --2-2-2----2--------- D 0-------------------- A --------------------- E ---------------------
