Chords for Songs Of Their Own - #2 "Shakedown Street" Yonder Mountain String Band
Tempo:
112.6 bpm
Chords used:
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G
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Gm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
I think the first time I saw the dead they played Shakedown Street was in 1990.
Yeah, 1990.
I was [Gm] two.
Were you there?
[A] I think so.
Yeah, might have been 91 actually.
I started following him in [Em] 93.
99.
[Gm]
[G] Let's play [C] a song [G] [E] that everyone can like, whether you are [Gb] two or maybe even as old as 26.
Maybe even as old as Jake [N] Jolliff.
26 years old.
Let's play a song called Shakedown Street.
One, two, three.
[Dm]
[G] [F]
[Dm]
[Am] [Dm]
[Ab] [Dm]
[F] [G] Tell me this town ain't got no [F]
[Gm] whores.
Well, [D] well, well, you can never tell.
[G] Cause on this side of the street is [Dm] gold.
[C] [D] [C] Well, [Dm] well, well, [C] you can [D] never [Am] tell.
Maybe that's cause it's midnight [Em] and the dark out besides.
[Am] Maybe the dark is from your eyes.
[Dm] [Em] Maybe the dark is from your [E] [D] eyes.
Maybe the dark is [Dm] from your eyes.
You [G] know you got such dark eyes.
[C] Nothing shaking on Shakedown Street Used to be the heart of town
Don't tell me this town ain't got no heart Just gotta poke around
[F] [Dm]
[C] [Dm] Think
[G] you're seeing this town clear [F] through?
[Bb] [D] Well, well, well, you can never [F] tell
[G] Nothing here that could interest [F] you?
[Gm] Well, [D] well, well, you can never tell
[Am]
It's not because you missed out [Em] On the thing that we had to start
[Am] Maybe you had too much [C] too fast Maybe [Em] you had too much [B] too fast
[Dm]
Or [G] just overplayed your part
[C] Nothing shaking on Shakedown Street Used to be the heart of town
Don't tell me this town ain't got no heart Just gotta [Gm] poke [C] around
[Db] [Dm]
[D]
[Gm] [Dm] [F]
[Gm]
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[C] [G]
[F] Since
[Am] [F]
[Am] [Dm] [G] I'm passing you way [F] today [Gm] [Gb] Well, well, [D] well, you [Gb] can never [G] tell
I just stopped in cause I wanna [F] [Gm] say [D] Well, well, well, you [Gb] can never tell
[Am] I recall your darkness [G] When it crackled like a [Em] thundercloud
[Am] Don't tell me this town ain't got no heart [Em] Don't tell me this town ain't got [Ebm] [Dm]
[D] [G] no heart
When I can hear it beat out loud Woo!
[C] Nothing's shaking on Shakedown Street
Used to be the heart of town
Don't tell me this town ain't got no heart
You just gotta poke around
Nothing's shaking on Shakedown Street
Used to be the heart of town
Don't tell me this town ain't got no heart
You just gotta poke around
[Gm]
[F]
[C]
[Bb] [C] [G] [C]
[Bb] [Cm] [Gm]
[Eb] [Gm] [C]
[Ebm] [Cm] [Gm]
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[C] [F] [Gm]
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[Dm] [Eb] [G]
[A]
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Nothing's shaking on Shakedown Street
It used to be the heart of town.
The town of this town ain't got no heart.
You just gotta poke around.
Nothing's shaking on Shrek's territory.
It used to be the heart of town.
[G] Used to be [Gm] the heart of town.
The [C] town of this town ain't got no heart.
You just gotta poke around.
[Dm]
[G] [F]
[Am] [Dm] [C] [Dm]
[F] [Dbm]
[F]
[G] [F] [Am]
[G]
[N] Thank you very much, and we hope we pass the [G] audition.
[Ab] [Am] Cool.
Yeah, 1990.
I was [Gm] two.
Were you there?
[A] I think so.
Yeah, might have been 91 actually.
I started following him in [Em] 93.
99.
[Gm]
[G] Let's play [C] a song [G] [E] that everyone can like, whether you are [Gb] two or maybe even as old as 26.
Maybe even as old as Jake [N] Jolliff.
26 years old.
Let's play a song called Shakedown Street.
One, two, three.
[Dm]
[G] [F]
[Dm]
[Am] [Dm]
[Ab] [Dm]
[F] [G] Tell me this town ain't got no [F]
[Gm] whores.
Well, [D] well, well, you can never tell.
[G] Cause on this side of the street is [Dm] gold.
[C] [D] [C] Well, [Dm] well, well, [C] you can [D] never [Am] tell.
Maybe that's cause it's midnight [Em] and the dark out besides.
[Am] Maybe the dark is from your eyes.
[Dm] [Em] Maybe the dark is from your [E] [D] eyes.
Maybe the dark is [Dm] from your eyes.
You [G] know you got such dark eyes.
[C] Nothing shaking on Shakedown Street Used to be the heart of town
Don't tell me this town ain't got no heart Just gotta poke around
[F] [Dm]
[C] [Dm] Think
[G] you're seeing this town clear [F] through?
[Bb] [D] Well, well, well, you can never [F] tell
[G] Nothing here that could interest [F] you?
[Gm] Well, [D] well, well, you can never tell
[Am]
It's not because you missed out [Em] On the thing that we had to start
[Am] Maybe you had too much [C] too fast Maybe [Em] you had too much [B] too fast
[Dm]
Or [G] just overplayed your part
[C] Nothing shaking on Shakedown Street Used to be the heart of town
Don't tell me this town ain't got no heart Just gotta [Gm] poke [C] around
[Db] [Dm]
[D]
[Gm] [Dm] [F]
[Gm]
[F] [E] [F]
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[F] [Gm] [C]
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[Em]
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[Em]
[Bb] [Dm]
[G]
[C]
[Gb] [C]
[F]
[C]
[Dm] [C] [F]
[C] [G]
[F] Since
[Am] [F]
[Am] [Dm] [G] I'm passing you way [F] today [Gm] [Gb] Well, well, [D] well, you [Gb] can never [G] tell
I just stopped in cause I wanna [F] [Gm] say [D] Well, well, well, you [Gb] can never tell
[Am] I recall your darkness [G] When it crackled like a [Em] thundercloud
[Am] Don't tell me this town ain't got no heart [Em] Don't tell me this town ain't got [Ebm] [Dm]
[D] [G] no heart
When I can hear it beat out loud Woo!
[C] Nothing's shaking on Shakedown Street
Used to be the heart of town
Don't tell me this town ain't got no heart
You just gotta poke around
Nothing's shaking on Shakedown Street
Used to be the heart of town
Don't tell me this town ain't got no heart
You just gotta poke around
[Gm]
[F]
[C]
[Bb] [C] [G] [C]
[Bb] [Cm] [Gm]
[Eb] [Gm] [C]
[Ebm] [Cm] [Gm]
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[C] [F] [Gm]
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[Gm]
[C]
[Dm] [Eb] [G]
[A]
[E]
[C]
Nothing's shaking on Shakedown Street
It used to be the heart of town.
The town of this town ain't got no heart.
You just gotta poke around.
Nothing's shaking on Shrek's territory.
It used to be the heart of town.
[G] Used to be [Gm] the heart of town.
The [C] town of this town ain't got no heart.
You just gotta poke around.
[Dm]
[G] [F]
[Am] [Dm] [C] [Dm]
[F] [Dbm]
[F]
[G] [F] [Am]
[G]
[N] Thank you very much, and we hope we pass the [G] audition.
[Ab] [Am] Cool.
Key:
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I think the first time I saw the dead they played Shakedown Street was in _ _ _ 1990.
_ Yeah, 1990.
I was [Gm] two.
Were you there?
[A] I think so.
Yeah, might have been 91 actually.
I started following him in [Em] 93.
99.
[Gm] _
[G] Let's play [C] a song _ _ [G] [E] that everyone can like, whether you are [Gb] two _ or maybe even as old as 26.
Maybe even as old as Jake [N] Jolliff.
26 years old.
_ _ Let's play a song called Shakedown Street.
_ _ _ _ One, two, three.
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [G] Tell me this town ain't got no [F] _
_ [Gm] _ whores.
Well, [D] well, well, you can never tell.
[G] Cause on this side of the street is [Dm] gold.
_ [C] _ _ [D] [C] Well, [Dm] well, well, [C] you can [D] never [Am] tell.
_ _ Maybe that's cause it's _ midnight [Em] and the dark out _ _ besides.
_ [Am] Maybe the dark is from your eyes.
[Dm] _ _ [Em] Maybe the dark is from your [E] _ _ _ [D] eyes.
Maybe the dark is [Dm] from your eyes.
_ You [G] know you got such dark eyes.
_ _ _ [C] Nothing shaking on Shakedown Street _ _ Used to be the heart of town
_ _ _ Don't tell me this town ain't got no heart Just gotta poke around
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ [Dm] _ _ Think _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] you're seeing this town clear [F] through?
_ [Bb] _ _ [D] Well, well, well, you can never [F] tell
[G] Nothing here that could interest [F] you?
[Gm] _ _ Well, [D] well, well, you can never tell
[Am] _ _
It's not because you missed out [Em] On the thing that we had to start
_ [Am] Maybe you had too much [C] too fast Maybe _ _ [Em] _ you had too much _ _ _ [B] too fast
[Dm] _ _
_ _ Or _ [G] just overplayed your part
_ _ _ [C] Nothing shaking on Shakedown Street _ _ Used to be the heart of town
_ _ Don't tell me this town ain't got no heart _ _ Just gotta [Gm] poke [C] around
_ _ [Db] _ [Dm] _ _ _
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_ [F] Since _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ [Am] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [G] I'm passing you way [F] today _ [Gm] _ _ [Gb] Well, well, [D] well, you [Gb] can never [G] tell
I just stopped in cause I wanna [F] _ [Gm] say _ [D] Well, well, well, you [Gb] can never tell
[Am] I _ recall your darkness _ [G] When it crackled like a [Em] _ thundercloud
_ [Am] Don't tell me this town ain't got no heart _ _ [Em] Don't tell me this town ain't got _ _ _ [Ebm] _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ [G] no heart
When I can hear it beat out loud Woo!
[C] Nothing's shaking on Shakedown Street
_ _ Used to be the heart of town
_ _ _ Don't tell me this town ain't got no heart
You just gotta poke around
_ _ _ _ Nothing's shaking on Shakedown Street
_ Used to be the heart of town
_ _ Don't tell me this town ain't got no heart
_ You just gotta poke around
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
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[Bb] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
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_ _ _ [Dm] _ [Eb] _ _ [G] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Nothing's shaking on Shakedown Street _ _
It used to be the heart of town. _ _
The town of this town ain't got no heart. _ _
You just gotta poke around. _ _ _
Nothing's shaking on Shrek's territory. _ _ _
It used to be the heart of town.
[G] Used to be [Gm] the heart of town.
The [C] town of this town ain't got no heart. _ _
You just gotta poke around.
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ [F] _ _ _ _
[Am] _ [Dm] _ _ _ [C] _ [Dm] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dbm] _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ [F] _ [Am] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [N] _ _ _ Thank you very much, and we hope we pass the [G] audition. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] Cool.
_ Yeah, 1990.
I was [Gm] two.
Were you there?
[A] I think so.
Yeah, might have been 91 actually.
I started following him in [Em] 93.
99.
[Gm] _
[G] Let's play [C] a song _ _ [G] [E] that everyone can like, whether you are [Gb] two _ or maybe even as old as 26.
Maybe even as old as Jake [N] Jolliff.
26 years old.
_ _ Let's play a song called Shakedown Street.
_ _ _ _ One, two, three.
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [G] Tell me this town ain't got no [F] _
_ [Gm] _ whores.
Well, [D] well, well, you can never tell.
[G] Cause on this side of the street is [Dm] gold.
_ [C] _ _ [D] [C] Well, [Dm] well, well, [C] you can [D] never [Am] tell.
_ _ Maybe that's cause it's _ midnight [Em] and the dark out _ _ besides.
_ [Am] Maybe the dark is from your eyes.
[Dm] _ _ [Em] Maybe the dark is from your [E] _ _ _ [D] eyes.
Maybe the dark is [Dm] from your eyes.
_ You [G] know you got such dark eyes.
_ _ _ [C] Nothing shaking on Shakedown Street _ _ Used to be the heart of town
_ _ _ Don't tell me this town ain't got no heart Just gotta poke around
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ [Dm] _ _ Think _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] you're seeing this town clear [F] through?
_ [Bb] _ _ [D] Well, well, well, you can never [F] tell
[G] Nothing here that could interest [F] you?
[Gm] _ _ Well, [D] well, well, you can never tell
[Am] _ _
It's not because you missed out [Em] On the thing that we had to start
_ [Am] Maybe you had too much [C] too fast Maybe _ _ [Em] _ you had too much _ _ _ [B] too fast
[Dm] _ _
_ _ Or _ [G] just overplayed your part
_ _ _ [C] Nothing shaking on Shakedown Street _ _ Used to be the heart of town
_ _ Don't tell me this town ain't got no heart _ _ Just gotta [Gm] poke [C] around
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_ [F] Since _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ [Am] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [G] I'm passing you way [F] today _ [Gm] _ _ [Gb] Well, well, [D] well, you [Gb] can never [G] tell
I just stopped in cause I wanna [F] _ [Gm] say _ [D] Well, well, well, you [Gb] can never tell
[Am] I _ recall your darkness _ [G] When it crackled like a [Em] _ thundercloud
_ [Am] Don't tell me this town ain't got no heart _ _ [Em] Don't tell me this town ain't got _ _ _ [Ebm] _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ [G] no heart
When I can hear it beat out loud Woo!
[C] Nothing's shaking on Shakedown Street
_ _ Used to be the heart of town
_ _ _ Don't tell me this town ain't got no heart
You just gotta poke around
_ _ _ _ Nothing's shaking on Shakedown Street
_ Used to be the heart of town
_ _ Don't tell me this town ain't got no heart
_ You just gotta poke around
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Nothing's shaking on Shakedown Street _ _
It used to be the heart of town. _ _
The town of this town ain't got no heart. _ _
You just gotta poke around. _ _ _
Nothing's shaking on Shrek's territory. _ _ _
It used to be the heart of town.
[G] Used to be [Gm] the heart of town.
The [C] town of this town ain't got no heart. _ _
You just gotta poke around.
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _
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_ _ _ [G] _ [F] _ _ _ _
[Am] _ [Dm] _ _ _ [C] _ [Dm] _ _ _
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[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ [F] _ [Am] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ [N] _ _ _ Thank you very much, and we hope we pass the [G] audition. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] Cool.