Shake Chords

KeyC Capo1st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays621

Shake by Walk Off The Earth is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C with a capo on the 1st fret. It uses the chords C, Csus4, Am, G and F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
Text
16
Speed
  			


Intro: C Csus4  C  Csus4 


C            Csus4   C                   Csus4 
It's getting darker, darker than a coal mine 
Am                  G 
I'm feeling broken, broken like the street lines 
C       Csus4     C               Csus4 
So what about it, maybe we should get high 
Am                   G 
Cause all I need is temporary sunlight 
F 
A remedy to take away the pain 


          G                      F 
You gotta shake, shake! shake it outta me! 
         G                       F 
We gotta fuck with the laws of gravity! 
          G                      F 
You gotta shake, shake? shake it out of me! 
      G          F 
Oh oh ohhh, shake! 
      G          F 
Oh oh ohhh, shake! 


C  Csus4  C  Csus4 


C           Csus4   C              Csus4 
I'm sinking deeper, faster than an anchor 
Am                  G 
I'm moving slower, crawling like a cancer 
C          Csus4        C               Csus4 
If I could cut through, graceful like a dancer 
Am                    G 
I'd find the core and strike it with a hammer 
F 
A panacea, take away the pain 


          G                      F 
You gotta shake, shake! shake it outta me! 
         G                       F 
We gotta fuck with the laws of gravity! 
          G                      F 
You gotta shake, shake? shake it out of me! 
      G          F 
Oh oh ohhh, shake! 
      G          F 
Oh oh ohhh, shake! 


C   Csus4          C    Csus4          C 
    When I see the sun, when I see the sun 
Csus4   C               Csus4           C 
That'll be the day, the darkness goes away 
Csus4          C    Csus4          C 
When I see the sun, when I see the sun 
Csus4   C        Csus4 
That'll be the day 


          G                      F 
You gotta shake, shake! shake it outta me! 
         G                       F 
We gotta fuck with the laws of gravity! 
          G                      F 
You gotta shake, shake? shake it out of me! 
      G          F 
Oh oh ohhh, shake! 

        G                   F 
I gotta run this rage right outta me! 
        G                   F 
I gotta run this rage right outta me! 
          G                      F 
You gotta shake, shake? shake it out of me! 
      G          F 
Oh oh ohhh, shake! 
      G          F 
Oh oh ohhh, shake! 
    	

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