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The Shakes is an original Menzingers track, coming from the Electric Split, an EP/7" featuring The Bouncing 
Souls and The Menzingers, released in 2013. 
Intro: A, D, A, E (x4)
Chorus:
AI've got the shakes, baby
F#5The shakes
DWhat do you say about Eme and you
F#5Buy some booze for Dbreakfast soon?
AI've got the shakes, baby
F#5The shakes
DWhat do you say about Eme and you
F#5Buy some booze for Dbreakfast soon?
ESoon!
Verse 1:
A'Cause I've made my mistakes
F#5And I've said my laments
                  D                E(A)
And now my girl is moving all her things
F#5Out of the Dapartment
Verse 2:
AAnd I got high with you one time
F#5And then we talked it over
DWe said living F#5takes too long
And we ain't ever getting sDober
Chorus:
AI've got the shakes, baby
F#5The shakes
DWhat do you say about Eme and you
F#5Buy some booze for Dbreakfast soon?
AI got the shakes baby, 
F#5And they wont go away
DWhat do you say about Eme and you
F#5We'd waste away in the Dafternoon?
Solo Chords: A, F#5, A, F#5, D, B, A
Bridge:
D'Cause if there is a AGod
EThere is no more fun to be F#5had
DAnd if there was
EA way that I could get you back!A  
D'Cause all the boys in Atown
EThey would all F#5agree
DThat if you're going Edown
You're going down with me!
Chorus:
AI've got the shakes, baby
F#5And they won't go away
DWhat do you say about Eme and you
F#5Buy some booze for Dbreakfast soon?
F#5We'd waste away in the Dafternoon!
F#5'Cause who are we kidding?
We Eboth ain't got Anothing better to do

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The Shakes

by The Menzingers

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Chords in this song · guitar

F#5

The Shakes is an original Menzingers track, coming from the Electric Split, an EP/7" featuring The Bouncing

Souls and The Menzingers, released in 2013.

Intro: A, D, A, E (x4)

Chorus:

I've got the shakes, baby

F#5

The shakes

D E

What do you say about me and you

F#5 D

Buy some booze for breakfast soon?

I've got the shakes, baby

F#5

The shakes

D E

What do you say about me and you

F#5 D

Buy some booze for breakfast soon?

Soon!

Verse 1:

'Cause I've made my mistakes

F#5

And I've said my laments

D E

(A)

And now my girl is moving all her things

F#5 D

Out of the apartment

Verse 2:

And I got high with you one time

F#5

And then we talked it over

D F#5

We said living takes too long

And we ain't ever getting sober

Chorus:

I've got the shakes, baby

F#5

The shakes

D E

What do you say about me and you

F#5 D

Buy some booze for breakfast soon?

I got the shakes baby,

F#5

And they wont go away

D E

What do you say about me and you

F#5 D

We'd waste away in the afternoon?

Solo Chords: A, F#5, A, F#5, D, B, A

Bridge:

D A

'Cause if there is a God

E F#5

There is no more fun to be had

And if there was

E A

A way that I could get you back!

D A

'Cause all the boys in town

E F#5

They would all agree

D E

That if you're going down

You're going down with me!

Chorus:

I've got the shakes, baby

F#5

And they won't go away

D E

What do you say about me and you

F#5 D

Buy some booze for breakfast soon?

F#5 D

We'd waste away in the afternoon!

F#5

'Cause who are we kidding?

E A

We both ain't got nothing better to do

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