Verse 1
[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 drawn
[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]
All of his questions, 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 drawn
[Bb]
But it's always darkest before the dawn
Chorus
[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
Verse 2
[Dm] [Bb] [F]
And 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 drawn
[Bb]
It's always darkest before the dawn
Chorus
[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 fine romance but it's left me so undone
[Gm] [Bb] [F]
It's always darkest before the dawn
[F]
Oh woah, oh woah...
Bridge
[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 rope
[Gm]
And I'm ready to suffer and I'm ready to hope
[Dm] [C]
It's a shot in the dark aimed right at my throat
[Bb]
Cause looking for heaven, found the devil in me
[Dm] [C]
Looking for heaven, found the devil in me
([Bb])
Well what the hell I'm gonna let it happen to me
Chorus
[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]
^ ^
These G minors and B flats are the little church-y chord changes, if you're not sure
what the heck I'm doing.
Also I'm pretty sure there's no chord on "What the hell, I'm gonna let it happen to
me." But if you don't happen to have pounding drums to back you up, you might wanna play
the Bb there, or whatever else you think sounds good.
