IntroCmFmAb/EbD7A man inside a room is shaking hands with other men
CmCm/BbAb
This is how it happens
GCm
Our carefully laid plans
Verse 1CmCm/BbAb
Shake it, shake it baby
GCm
Shake your ass out in that street
CmCm/BbAb
You're going to make 'em scream someday
GCm
You're going to make it big
Verse 2CmCm/EbFmFm/Ab
You love so deep, so tender
Cm/EbD7
Your people and your land
CmCm/BbAb
You love them until they can't recall
GCm
Who they are again
Verse 3CmCm/BbAb
Work it, work it baby
BbEbG
Work your way around that ro-om
CmCm/BbAb
You're going to make it big some day
GCm
You're going to make a boom
Verse 4Cm
But I am
Cm/Bb
But I am
AbBbEbG
But I am not a number, not a na- me
Cm
But I am
Cm/Bb
But I am
AbGCm
But I am a carefully laid plan
Verse 5]
CmCm/BbAb
Shake what your mama gave you
BbEbG
You know that it won't last
CmCm/BbAb
You're going to taste the ground real soon
GCm
You're going to taste the grass
BridgeCmFmAb/EbD7A man inside a room is shaking hands with other men
CmCm/BbAb
This is how it happens
GCm
Our world under command
Verse 6]
CmCm/BbAb
Shake it, shake it baby
GCm
Shake your ass out in that street
CmAb
You're going to make us scream someday
GCm
You're going to make us weak
OutroCmAb
You're going to make us scream someday
GCm
You're going to make it big
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