Shake It Out Chords

KeyF CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays485

Shake It Out by Florence and the machine is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of F. It uses the chords F, Bb, Dm, C and Gm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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F 
Regrets collect like old friends 
Here to relive your darkest moments 
Bb 
I can see no way, I can see no way 
F 
And all of the ghouls come out to play 

Dm          Bb                     F 
And every demon wants his pound of flesh 
              C                     Dm 
But I like to keep some things to myself 
           Bb             Gm 
I like to keep my issues strong 
             Bb 
It's always darkest before the dawn 

F 
And I've been a fool and I've been blind 
                              Bb 
I can never leave the past behind 
I can see no way, I can see no way 
F 
I'm always dragging that horse around 

Dm               Bb                            F 
And our love is passed, it's such a mournful sound 
                   C                       Dm 
Tonight I'm gonna bury that horse in the ground 
              Bb              Gm 
So I like to keep my issues strong 
                 Bb 
But it's always darkest before the dawn 

F 
Shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, ooh woaaah 
Shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, ooh woaaaah 

Bb 
And it's hard to dance with a devil on your back 
              F 
So shake him off, oh woah 

Dm    Bb                      F 
I am done with my graceless heart 
                      C                      Dm 
So tonight I'm gonna cut it out and then restart 
                 Bb              Gm 
Cause I like to keep my issues strong 
             Bb 
It's always darkest before the dawn 

F 
Shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, ooh woaaah 
Shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, ooh woaaah 

Bb 
And it's hard to dance with a devil on your back 
              F 
So shake him off, oh woah 

Dm                             Bb 
And it's hard to dance with a devil on your back 
F                                  C 
And given half the chance would I take any of it back 
Dm                          Bb 
It's a final mess but it's left me so undone 
Gm            Bb                F 
It's always darkest before the dawn 

F 
Oh woah, oh woah... 

Gm 
And I'm damned if I do and I'm damned if I don't 
Dm                                     C 
So here's to drinks in the dark at the end of my road 
Gm 
And I'm ready to suffer and I'm ready to hope 
Dm                           C 
It's a shot in the dark and right at my throat 
Bb 
Cause looking for heaven, for the devil in me 
Dm                            C 
Looking for heaven, for the devil in me 
(Bb) 
Well what the hell I'm gonna let it happen to me 

F 
Shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, ooh woaaah 
Shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, ooh woaaah 

Bb 
And it's hard to dance with a devil on your back 
F 
So shake him off, oh woah 

F 
Shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, ooh woaaah 
Shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, ooh woaaah 

Bb 
And it's hard to dance with a devil on your back 
F 
So shake him off, oh woah 

F Gm F Gm Bb Gm 
F Gm F Gm Bb Gm 
F Bb F Bb F  
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante