Cage the Elephant - Shake Me Down

      
 
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 2011
 Submitted by: paramore_fans@yahoo.com
 
 Key: A
 
 Tuning: Standard EADGBe
 
 Chords used:
 A - x02220
 C#m - x46654
 F#m - 244222 
 D -  xx0232
 Bm - x24432
 E - 022100
 E/G# - 476xxx
 
 
 Intro: A--C#m-- x4
 
 Verse 1:
 A         C#m 
  Shake me down
 A           
  Not alot of
 C#m          A    
 people left around
            C#m 
 Who know's now
 A       C#m      
  Softly laying on
     A      C#m    A 
 the ground oh-oohh
             C#m        
 Not alot of people left
  A     C#m    A C#m    
 around oh-oohh oh-oohh
 
 Verse 2:
 A      C#m         F#m 
  In my life I have seen
        Bm             A   
 People walking to the seat
         C#m      F#m 
 Just to find memory
             Bm          A 
 Plagued my constant misery
       C#m       F#m 
 Their eyes cast down
 Bm             A     
 Fixed upon the ground
       C#m       F#m Bm 
 Their eyes cast down
 
 Chorus 1:
 E                 
  I'll keep my eyes
              A  C#m A C#m 
 fixed on the sun
 
 Verse 3:
 A         C#m 
  Shake me down
 A       C#m    
  Cut my hair on
          A    
 a silver cloud
    C#m      
 Broken sound
 A       C#m          
  Softly laying on the
 A      C#m    
 ground oh-oohh
 A            C#m        
  Not alot of people left
  A     C#m    A   C#m 
 around oh-oohh oh-oohh
 
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 Verse 4:
 A      C#m         F#m  
  In my past bitter sweet
          Bm               A     
 Found no love between the sheets
          C#m          F#m   
 Take the blood broken dreams
 Bm             A   
 Lonely times indeed
      C#m       F#m 
 With eyes cast down
 Bm             A     
 Fixed upon the ground
      C#m       F#m Bm 
 With eyes cast down
 
 Chorus 2:
 E                 
  I'll keep my eyes
              A  E/G# 
 fixed on the sun
 E                 
  Turn back no it's
                      A E/G# 
 time for me to let go
 E               
  Way down had to
                        A E/G# 
 find a place to lay low
 E                  
  Lamp shade turning
 right into a lamp post
 
 Breakdown:

 F#m--C#m-E/G#-A--C#m-E/G#-A--C#m-E/G#-F#m-- x4
 

 
 Bridge:
 E               F#m   
 Walk around the corner
 A                        
 Never saw it coming still
   E             F#m 
 I try to make a move
            A                    
 It almost stopped me from belief
         E              F#m   
 I don't wanna know the future
 A                       
 I'm like rolling thunder
 D                A  
 Even on a cloudy day
 E                F#m 
 Even on a cloudy day
 D                A  
 Even on a cloudy day
 E                F#m 
 Even on a cloudy day
 D                A  
 Even on a cloudy day
 E                F#m 
 Even on a cloudy day
 D                A  
 Even on a cloudy day
 
 Chorus 3:
 E                              
  I'll keep my eyes fixed on the
 I'll keep my eyes fixed on the
 A--C#m-- x4
 I'll keep my eyes fixed on the sun
 
 Outro:
 A         C#m 
  Shake me down
 A             C#m   
  Not a lot of people
       A    
 left around
 C#m A C#m A(hold)
 oh-ooh oh-ooh