Shake A Tailfeather Chords

KeyA CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays518

Shake A Tailfeather by Blues Brothers is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A7, D7, E7, A, F#, B7, E and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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A
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  			Intro.  A7 D7 E7 

             A7                          D7 
Well I heard about the fellow you've been dancing with 
   A7                      D7 
All over the neighbourhood 
  A                           F#  
So why didn't you ask me baby 
   B7                       E 
Or didn't you think I could? 
           A                    D   
Well I know that the boogaloo is out of sight 
       A                              D 
but the shingaling's the thing tonight 
      A                         F#   
But if that was you and me a now baby 
            B7                           E 
I would have shown you how to do it right 
E 
Do it right (U-huh) 
                         E 
Do it right (Do it right) 

Do it right 

Do it right 
           E7 
Do it right 
E 
Aaah-----------------------------H 
A        D                                   A     E 
Twistin', shake it shake it shake it shake it baby 
D 
Hey we gonna loop de loop 
A 
Shake it out baby 
D 
Hey we gonna loop de la 
E 
Bend over let me see ya shake your tailfeather 

Bend over let me see ya shake your tailfeather 

Come on let me see ya shake your tailfeather 
E7 
Come on let me see ya shake your tailfeather 
E 
Aaah----------------------------------H 

A        D                                   A     E 
Twistin', shake it shake it shake it shake it baby 
D 
Hey we gonna loop de loop 
A 
Shake it out baby 
D 
Hey we gonna loop de la 
E 
Bend over let me see ya shake your tailfeather 

Bend over let me see ya shake your tailfeather 

Come on let me see ya shake your tailfeather 
E7 
Come on let me see ya shake your tailfeather 
E                                               A 
Aaah----------------------------------H COME ON 

D7                    A 
Come on, come on baby 
D7    A  D7                 A        D7 
Come on, yeah, come on babe, alright 
             A 
Do the twist 
D7           A 
Do the fly 
D7           A 
Do the swim 
D7              A 
And do the bird 
D7              A 
Well do the duck 
D7                      A 
Aaah, and do the monkey 
D7              A 
Hey hey, watusi 
D7                        A 
And a what about the food 
D7                   A 
Do the mashed potato 
D7                      A 
What about the boogaloo 
D7                  A 
Oh, the bony marony 
D7                        A 
Come on let's do the twist 
E 
Aaah----------------------- 

A        D                                   A     E 
Twistin', shake it shake it shake it shake it baby 
D 
Hey we gonna loop de loop 
A 
Shake it out baby 
D 
Hey we gonna loop de la 
E 
Bend over let me see ya shake your tailfeather 

Bend over let me see ya shake your tailfeather 

Come on let me see ya shake your tailfeather 
E7 
Come on let me see ya shake your tailfeather 
E 
Aaah----------------------------------H
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante