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Shake Dog Shake Bass Tab by The Cure

Shake Dog Shake by The Cure

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:14 - Wake up in the dark. The aftertaste of anger in the back of my mouth 
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:25 - Spit it on the wall, and cough some more, 
      and scrape my skin with razor blades 
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:37 - And make up in the new blood, and try to look so good. Follow me! 
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:48 - Make up in the new blood, and follow me 
      to where the real fun is. Ha ha ha!!! 
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1:00 - As stale and selfish as a sick dog, spurning sex like an animal of god 
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1:11 - I'll tear your red hair by the roots, and hold you blazing, 
       hold you cherished in the dead electric light 
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1:23 - Your face, I'll never see you this way again 
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1:34 - I captured it so perfectly as if I knew you'd disappear away 
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1:46 - Ahh shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake dog shake 
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1:57 - Oww shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake dog shake 
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2:09 - You hit me again, you howl and hit me again. The same sharp pain 
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2:21 - Wakes me in the dark, and cuts me from my throat 
       to my pounding heart, my heart. My shaking heart 
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2:32 - Shake shake                  Shake dog shake 
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2:43 - Ahh shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake shake dog shake 
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2:55 - But we slept all night in the virgin's bed, 
       and dreamed of death, and breathed like sick dogs 
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3:07 - We slept all night in the virgin's bed, and breathed 
       like death, and dreamed of  sick dogs, Shake shake. 
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3:18 - Shake shake, shake dog shake 
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3:30 - Shake shake, shake dog shake 
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3:41 - Wake up wake up wake up! Shake dog shake 
       Wake up wake up wake up! Shake dog shake 
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3:53 - Wake up wake up wake up! Shake dog shake 
       Wake up wake up wake up! Shake dog shake 
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4:05 - Wake up in the new blood. Make up in the new blood 
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4:16 - Shake up in the new blood, and follow me to where the real fun is... 
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4:27 - Shake dog shake 
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