Tom: Cm
Cm Fm Ab/Eb D7
A man inside a room is shaking hands with other men
Cm Cm/Bb Ab
This is how it happens
G Cm
Our carefully laid plans
[Verse 1]
Cm Cm/Bb Ab
Shake it, shake it baby
G Cm
Shake your ass out in that street
Cm Cm/Bb Ab
You're going to make 'em scream someday
G Cm
You're going to make it big
[Verse 2]
Cm Cm/Eb Fm Fm/Ab
You love so deep, so tender
Cm/Eb D7
Your people and your land
Cm Cm/Bb Ab
You love them until they can't recall
G Cm
Who they are again
[Verse 3]
Cm Cm/Bb Ab
Work it, work it baby
Bb Eb G
Work your way around that ro-om
Cm Cm/Bb Ab
You're going to make it big some day
G Cm
You're going to make a boom
[Verse 4]
Cm
But I am
Cm/Bb
But I am
Ab Bb Eb G
But I am not a number, not a na- me
Cm
But I am
Cm/Bb
But I am
Ab G Cm
But I am a carefully laid plan
[Verse 5]
Cm Cm/Bb Ab
Shake what your mama gave you
Bb Eb G
You know that it won't last
Cm Cm/Bb Ab
You're going to taste the ground real soon
G Cm
You're going to taste the grass
[Bridge]
Cm Fm Ab/Eb D7
A man inside a room is shaking hands with other men
Cm Cm/Bb Ab
This is how it happens
G Cm
Our world under command
[Verse 6]
Cm Cm/Bb Ab
Shake it, shake it baby
G Cm
Shake your ass out in that street
Cm Ab
You're going to make us scream someday
G Cm
You're going to make us weak
[Outro]
Cm Ab
You're going to make us scream someday
G Cm
You're going to make it big
