This is how it's played on the acoustic version of the song. The guitarist uses a 12
string guitar but it's basically the same.
Capo on 5
Verse
[C]
Regrets collect like old friends
[Am]
Here to relive your darkest moments
[F]
I can see no way, I can see no way
[C]
And all of the ghouls come out to play
[Am] [F] [C]
And every demon wants his pound of flesh
[G] [Am]
But I like to keep some things to myself
[F] [Dm]
I like to keep my issues drawn
[F]
It's always darkest before the dawn
[C]
And I've been a fool and I've been blind
[Am] [F]
I can never leave the past behind
I can see no way, I can see no way
[C]
I'm always dragging that horse around
[Am] [F] [C]
All of his questions, such a mournful sound
[G] [Am]
Tonight I'm gonna bury that horse in the ground
[F] [Dm]
So I like to keep my issues strong
[F]
But it's always darkest before the dawn
Chorus
[C]
Shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, ooh woaaah
[Am]
Shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, ooh woaaaah
[F]
And it's hard to dance with a devil on your back
[C]
So shake him off, oh woah
Verse
[Am] [F] [C]
I am done with my graceless heart
[G] [Am]
So tonight I'm gonna cut it out and then restart
[F] [Dm]
Cause I like to keep my issues drawn
[F]
It's always darkest before the dawn
Chorus
[C]
Shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, ooh woaaah
[Am]
Shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, ooh woaaah
[F]
And it's hard to dance with a devil on your back
[C]
So shake him off, oh woah
Verse
[Am] [F]
And it's hard to dance with a devil on your back
[C] [G]
And given half the chance would I take any of it back
[Am] [F]
It's a fine romance but it's left me so undone
[Dm] [F] [C]
It's always darkest before the dawn
[C]
Oh woah, oh woah...
Bridge
[Dm]
And I'm damned if I do and I'm damned if I don't
[Am] [G]
So here's to drinks in the dark at the end of my rope
[Dm]
And I'm ready to suffer and I'm ready to hope
[Am] [G]
It's a shot in the dark aimed right at my throat
[F]
Cause looking for heaven, found the devil in me
[Am] [G]
Looking for heaven, found the devil in me
[F]
Well what the hell I'm gonna let it happen to me
Chorus
[C]
Shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, ooh woaaah
[Am]
Shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, ooh woaaah
[F]
And it's hard to dance with a devil on your back
[C]
So shake him off, oh woah
[C]
Shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, ooh woaaah
[Am]
Shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, ooh woaaah
[F]
And it's hard to dance with a devil on your back
[C]
So shake him off, oh woah
