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