Shake Me Down
Cage The Elephant
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Tom:
[Intro] A C#m A C#m
A C#m A C#m A C#m A C#m
Shake me down Not alot of people left around
A C#m A C#m
Who know's now
A C#m A C#m
Softly laying on the ground oh oohh
A C#m A C#m
Not alot of people left around oh oohh oh oohh
A C#m F#m
In my life I have seen
Bm A
People walking to the seat
C#m F#m
Just to find memory
Bm A
Plagued my constant misery
C#m F#m
Their eyes cast down
Bm A
Fixed upon the ground
C#m F#m Bm
Their eyes cast down
[Refrão]
E
I'll keep my eyes
A C#m A C#m
Fixed on the sun
A C#m
Shake me down
A C#m
Cut my hair on
A
A silver cloud
C#m
Broken sound
A C#m
Softly laying on the
A C#m
Ground oh oohh
A C#m
Not alot of people left
A C#m A C#m
Around oh oohh oh oohh
A C#m F#m
In my past bitter sweet
Bm A
Found no love between the sheets
C#m F#m
Take the blood broken dreams
Bm A
Lonely times indeed
C#m F#m
With eyes cast down
Bm A
Fixed upon the ground
C#m F#m Bm
With eyes cast down
[Refrão 2x]
E
I'll keep my eyes
A G#m F#m E
Fixed on the sun
E
Turn back no it's
A G#m F#m E
Time for me to let go
E
Way down had to
A G#m F#m E
Find a place to lay low
E
Lamp shade turning
Right into a lamp post
( F#m C#m E/G# A )
( C#m E/G# A C#m E/G# F#m )
( F#m C#m E/G# A )
( C#m E/G# A C#m E/G# F#m )
( F#m C#m E/G# A )
( C#m E/G# A C#m E/G# F#m )
( F#m C#m E/G# A )
( C#m E/G# A C#m E/G# F#m )
E F#m
Walk around the corner
A
Never saw it coming still
E F#m
I try to make a move
A
It almost stopped me from belief
E F#m
I don't wanna know the future
A
I'm like rolling thunder
D A
Even on a cloudy day
E F#m
Even on a cloudy day
D A
Even on a cloudy day
D A
Even on a cloudy day
E
I'll keep my eyes fixed on the
I'll keep my eyes fixed on the
A
I'll keep my eyes fixed on the sun
( C#m A C#m A C#m A C#m )
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