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Shake Dog Shake

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"SHAKE DOG SHAKE" - THE CURE
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Words: Robert Smith
Music: The Cure
Album: The Top
Year: 1984
Tabber: graph_sas@hotmail.com
Ha ha ha
C  C  C
Riff 1:
C   Bb
C                  Bb
Wake up in the dark
     C             Bb           C              Bb    C   Bb
The after-taste of anger in the back of my mouth
C                Bb
Spit it on the wall
C               Bb
And cough some more
               C                Bb     C Eb F
And scrape my skin with razor blades
    Eb
And make up in the new blood
    D               Dbm
And try to look so good
        C  Bb     C  Bb
Follow me
Eb
Make up in the new blood
     D             Dbm               C  Eb F
And follow me to where the real fun is
C       Eb F
Ha ha ha
   C          Bb          C
As stale and selfish as a sick dog
Bb       C           Bb            C  Eb F
Spurning sex like an animal of god
 C        Bb              C
I'll tear your red hair by the roots
              Bb
And hold you blazing
         C               Bb            C   Eb F
Hold you cherished in the dead electric light
      A
Your face
                  Bb            C    Bb    C  Eb F
I'll never see you this way a---gain
  A
I captured it so perfectly
     Bb                     C   Bb    C   Eb F
As if I knew you'd disappear away
Eb
Shake shake shake shake
G               Bb
Shake shake shake shake
        C    Bb    C   Bb
Shake dog shake
Eb
Shake shake shake shake
G               Bb
Shake shake shake shake
  C    Bb   C   Bb
Shake dog shake
    Bb
You hit me again
    C               Bb
You howl and hit me again
                C
The same sharp pain
Bb
Kiss me in the dark
     C                           Bb
And cuts me from my throat to my pounding heart
    Am
My heart
Bbm
My shaking heart
            C
my shake dog
C    Bb   C   Bb
Oh shake dog shake
C    Bb   C   Bb
Shake shake    Shake dog shake
       Eb                      D       Dbm
But we slept all night in the virgin's bed
                C
And dreamed of death
                        Bb     C    Bb
And breathed like sick dogs
    Eb                     D       Dbm
We slept all night in the virgin's bed
                   C
And breathed like death
                    Bb
And dreamed of sick dogs
C           A  Bbm
(Shake shake
           C    Bb   C  Bb
Shake dog shake) x2
D
Wake up wake up wake up
 C           Bb
Shake dog shake
D
Wake up wake up wake up
 C           Bb
Shake dog shake
C       Bb         C       Bb
Wake up in the new blood
C       Bb        C       Bb
Make up in the new blood
C        Bb      C       Bb
Shake up in the new blood
    C             Bb             C
And follow me to where the real fun is
 Bb        C   Bb F
Shake dog shake
C    Bb       C   Bb
   Shake dog shake
C    Bb       C
   Shake dog shake

Shake Dog Shake chords and lyrics

Free chords for Shake Dog Shake by The Cure. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

"SHAKE DOG SHAKE" - THE CURE
------------------------------
Words: Robert Smith
Music: The Cure
Album: The Top
Year: 1984
Tabber: graph_sas@hotmail.com
Ha ha ha
C  C  C
Riff 1:
C   Bb

Shake Dog Shake Chords by The Cure

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The chords for "Shake Dog Shake" show the original chord names (including C, Bb, Eb, F, D, Dbm). Use transpose to move the song into any key that fits your voice or capo.