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      Starts with a simple chromatic Bb - C - Db - D which you can also sometimes use in the verses
between the Fs and Dms.

[Intro]
Dm C F

[Verse]
    Dm           C               F
She walked in my life and turned it upside down
           Dm   C    F
I hollered Hey! Hey! Hey!
      Dm      C             F
I was serious about her but she made me a clown
           Dm   C    F
I hollered Hey! Hey! Hey!
      Dm             C           F
I was feeling lost I didn't know how I could be found
           Dm   C    F
I hollered Hey! Hey! Hey!
        Dm          C              F
Ahh she set me straight and put my feet on the ground
           Dm   C    F
I hollered Hey! Hey! Hey!

[Pre-chorus]
      Gm
I was skippin' like a record
   Bb                       Gm
My song on repeat until she flipped the 45
               C
And knocked me off my feet yeaahhhh

[Chorus]
       F                   Gm
Like a shock, shock to the system
            Bb                           C                      F
Kick to the rhythm, she jump started the beat of my, beat of my heart
                   Gm                        Bb
She's got what I'm missing, her high voltage kissin'
                     C                            
She turned me on and there's no turning me off

[Verse]
     Dm                 C           F
They said they couldn't tell if I was dead or alive
           Dm   C    F
I hollered Hey! Hey! Hey!
        Dm                C             F
Ohh she pulled me out the water and she let me survive
           Dm   C    F
I hollered Hey! Hey! Hey!

[Pre-chorus]
      Gm
I was skippin' like a record
   Bb                       Gm
My song on repeat until she flipped the 45
               C
And knocked me off my feet ohhh

[Chorus]
       F                   Gm
Like a shock, shock to the system
            Bb                           C                      F
Kick to the rhythm, she jump started the beat of my, beat of my heart
                   Gm                        Bb
She's got what I'm missing, her high voltage kissin'
                     C                      Bb
She turned me on and there's no turning me off

[Bridge]
                 Gm                   Bb    Am
She's turnin' me on, she's turnin' me on ohhhhh
Gm                               C
Stayin' with me, stayin' with me all night long

[Chorus]
       F                   Gm
Like a shock, shock to the system
            Bb                           C                      F
Kick to the rhythm, she jump started the beat of my, beat of my heart
                   Gm                        Bb
She's got what I'm missing, her high voltage kissin'
                     C                     F
She turned me on and there's no turning me off
                           Gm
Like a shock, shock to the system
            Bb                           C                      F
Kick to the rhythm, she jump started the beat of my, beat of my heart
                   Gm                        Bb
She's got what I'm missing, her high voltage kissin'
                     C                     F         Gm
She turned me on and there's no turning me off no noooo

[Outro]
                 Bb   C                    Dm C F
She's turnin' me oooooon, she's turnin' me on
    

Source: https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/eli_paperboy_reed_the_true_loves/shock_to_the_system_chords_1987861

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