The Shakedown Chords
by Brother Dege
The Shakedown by Brother Dege is a guitar song played in the key of E. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Tuning: Open E.
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Note: Like most musicians, Brother Dege don't play this song the same way all the time. Sometimes he change it a bit, so I wrote 6 sections rather than the whole studio recorded song. You can build up the whole song from this six sections, and you can play it as long as you want.
First section. Ver.1 (This is the intro.) Second section. Ver.1
E |---------2/3---0-----------------0---2/3---0---|---------5\3---0-----------------0---2/3---0---|
B |-----------------------0---2/3---0---2/3---0---|-----------------------0---5\3---0---2/3---0---|
G# |-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
E |-------------------0-----------------2/3---0---|-------------------0-----------------2/3---0---|
B |-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
E |-----0-----------------------------------------|-----0-----------------------------------------|
First section. Ver.2 Second section. Ver.2
E |---------2/3---0-----------------0---2/3---0---|---------5\3---0-----------------0---2/3---0---|
B |-----------------------0---2/3---0---2/3---0---|-----------------------0---5\3---0---2/3---0---|
G# |-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
E |---------0-----0---0-------0---------2/3---0---|---------0-----0---0-------0---------2/3---0---|
B |-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
E |-----0-----------------------------------------|-----0-----------------------------------------|
Thisrd section Fourth section
E |---------5\3---0-----------------0--------|---------0-----------0---0---------------0---|
B |-----------------------0---------0--------|-----------------0---0---0-------0-------0---|
G# |---------------------------3/5------------|---------------------------------------------|
E |---------0-----0---0-------3/5---0--------|-------------0-------3---0---0-----------0---|
B |---------------------------3/5------------|-------------------------------------3-------|
E |-----0------------------------------------|-----0---------------------------------------|
There is a little section which can connect the fourth and the first section. I call this the fifth section.
E |---------0x-0----|
B |---------0x-0----|
G# |-----------------|
E |---------0x-0----|
B |-----------------|
E |-----0-----------|
(X = Mute.)
Sixth section
(Side note: Sometimes Dege don't play all the 3 parts of this section. Sometimes he just play the first part.)
E |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G# |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E |-----------0---------0---|-----------0---------0---|-----------0---------0---|
B |---------------0H3-------|---------------0H3-------|---------------0H3-------|
E |---0---0-----------------|---3---3-----------------|---5---5-----------------|
Have fun and If you have any questions, just write it down. :)
Oh, and sorry for my english, I hope it's understandable.