[Verse]
D#
Regrets collect like old friends
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
Cm G# D#
And every demon wants his pound of flesh
A# Cm
But I like to keep some things to myself
G# Fm
I like to keep my issues strong
G#
It's always darkest before the dawn
[Verse]
D#
And I've been a fool and I've been blind
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
Cm G# D#
And our love is passed, it's such a mournful sound
A# Cm
Tonight I'm gonna bury that horse in the ground
G# Fm
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
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]
Cm G# D#
I am done with my graceless heart
A# Cm
So tonight I'm gonna cut it out and then restart
G# Fm
Cause I like to keep my issues strong
G#
It's always darkest before the dawn
[Chorus]
D#
Shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, ooh woaaah
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]
Cm 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
Cm G#
It's a final mess but it's left me so undone
Fm G# D#
It's always darkest before the dawn
D#
Oh woah, oh woah...
[Bridge]
Fm
And I'm damned if I do and I'm damned if I don't
Cm A#
So here's to drinks in the dark at the end of my road
Fm
And I'm ready to suffer and I'm ready to hope
Cm A#
It's a shot in the dark and right at my throat
G#
Cause looking for heaven, for the devil in me
Cm A#
Looking for heaven, for 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
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
[Chorus]
D#
Shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, ooh woaaah
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
[Outro]
D#
Oooh oooh oooh oooh
G# D#
Oooh oooh oooh oooh
D#
Oooh oooh oooh oooh
G# D#
Oooh oooh oooh oooh
[Verse]
D#
Regrets collect like old friends
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
Cm G# And every demon wants
D#
his pound of flesh
A# But I like to keep
Cm
some things to myself
G# Fm
I like to keep my issues strong
G#
It's always darkest
before the dawn
[Verse]
D#
And I've been a fool
and I've been blind
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
Cm G# And our love is passed,
D#
it's such a mournful sound
A# Tonight I'm gonna bury
Cm
that horse in the ground
G# Fm
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
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]
Cm G# D#
I am done with my graceless heart
A# So tonight I'm gonna cut
Cm
it out and then restart
G# Cause I like to keep
Fm
my issues strong
G#
It's always darkest
before the dawn
[Chorus]
D#
Shake it out, shake it out, shake
it out, shake it out, ooh woaaah
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]
Cm And it's hard to dance
G#
with a devil on your back
D# And given half the chance
A#
would I take any of it back
Cm It's a final mess but
G#
it's left me so undone
Fm G# It's always darkest
D#
before the dawn
D#
Oh woah, oh woah...
[Bridge]
Fm
And I'm damned if I do
and I'm damned if I don't
Cm So here's to drinks in the
A#
dark at the end of my road
Fm
And I'm ready to suffer
and I'm ready to hope
Cm It's a shot in the dark
A#
and right at my throat
G#
Cause looking for heaven,
for the devil in me
Cm Looking for heaven,
A#
for 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
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
[Chorus]
D#
Shake it out, shake it out, shake
it out, shake it out, ooh woaaah
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
[Outro]
D#
Oooh oooh oooh oooh
G# D#
Oooh oooh oooh oooh
D#
Oooh oooh oooh oooh
G# D#
Oooh oooh oooh oooh