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Bob Seger - Shakedown Chords

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Shakedown Chords

(ver. 1)
Bob Seger
Shakedown:Bob Seger.
#1 in Canada, #1 USA, #9 Australia ans #88 in
UK in 1987.

INTRO: E D E D (x2) E

#1.
E                            D 
No matter what you think you pull..you'll find 
     E
it's not enough.
E                           D
No matter who you think you know..you won't get 
E
through.
       A           D              A             D
It's a given, L.A. law, someone's faster on the draw..
          E                   D            E
no matter where you hide..I'm comin' after you.

#2.
E                         D              E              A
No matter how the race is won..it always ends the same.
        E              D           E        A
Another room without a view awaits downtown.
        A              D      A              D
You can shake me for a while..live it up, in style..
          E                D              E    A
no matter what you do..I'm gonna take you down.

CHORUS:
E               D                E   
Shakedown, breakdown, take-down..everybody wants into 
    D
the crowded line.
E               D            E      G D
Breakdown, take-down, you're busted.
E              D             E          
Let down, your guard, honey..just about the time you're
         D
thinking it's alright.
E               D            E      D
Breakdown, take-down, you're busted.


(INTERLUDE:) E D E D (x2)

#3.
          E               A               E           A
This is a town where everyone is reaching for the top.
          E                  A               E  A
This is a place where second best will never do.
A                    D                   A
It's O.K. to want to shine..but once you step across 
     D               E                  D            E   A
that line..no matter where you hide I'm comin' after you.

CHORUS:
E               D                E   
Shakedown, breakdown, take-down..everybody wants into 
    D
the crowded line.
E               D            E      G D
Breakdown, take-down, you're busted.
E              D             E          
Shakedown, breakdown, honey..just about the time you're
         D
thinking it's alright.
E               D            E      D
Breakdown, take-down, you're busted.


(INTERLUDE:) C D Bm C D (x1)...E D E D (x4)


CHORUS:
E               D                E   
Shakedown, breakdown, take-down..everybody wants into 
    D
the crowded line.
E               D            E      G D
Breakdown, take-down, you're busted.
E               D            E          
Shakedown, breakdown, honey..just about the time you're
         D
thinking it's alright.
E               D            E      D
Breakdown, take-down, you're busted.

CHORUS:
E               D                E   
Shakedown, breakdown, take-down..everybody wants into 
    D
the crowded line.
E               D            E      G D
Breakdown, take-down, you're busted.
E              D             E          
Let down, your guard, honey..just about the time you're
         D
thinking it's alright.
E               D            E      D
Breakdown, take-down, you're busted.

OUTRO:
E               D                E   
Shakedown, breakdown, take-down..everybody wants into 
    D
the crowded line.
E               D            E      G D
Breakdown, take-down, you're busted.
E               D            E          
Shakedown, breakdown, honey..just about the time you're
         D
thinking it's alright.
E               D            E      D
Breakdown, take-down, you're busted...(Fade.)


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