Shake Em Up chords by Joe Ely

Key: G



🎸 Intro:

D    G


🎸 Verse 1:
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Well, double-A snake eyes ain't too nice
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Bites the hand that rolls the dice
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Heart attack, fangs and a belly full of venom
G

Bet your ass that the passenger can't win 'em
G
Shake 'em up, shake 'em up


🎸 Verse 2:
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Acey, deucey, drank it sweet and loosey
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Passed out before the dice got juicy
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Three is the key to lock your door
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Don't come a-knockin' 'round here no more
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Shake 'em up, shake 'em up


🎸 Verse 3:
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Here comes Joe from Kokomo
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Sitting in a jail bowl he can't roll
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Ain't no pride for a man that's bummed
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Five to three that a seven is coming
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Shake 'em up, shake 'em up


🎸 Verse 4:
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Fever from the fuck house, old man hoe
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Can't plant cotton down crooked row
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Five is the fever, all packed in ice
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Ain't no fever on all them guys


🎸 Chorus:
          C             G             C
Shake 'em up, shake 'em up, shake 'em up,
          G             D
Shake 'em up, shake 'em up high roller, the winds are getting colder
                                                       G
Shake 'em up high rollers, shake 'em just to save your soul


🎸 Verse 5:
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Sexy from the dicks of Southern Fried Chicken
G
Buy her a beer, she getting kinda picky
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Fifty-one, forty-two, thirty-three
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Nothing but a seven won't satisfy me
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Shake 'em up, shake 'em up


🎸 Verse 6:
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Well, seven come heaven, what do you mean?
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Seven caught cold in a wet blue jean
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Seven-legged spider sittin' on a log
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Got knocked off by three-legged dogs
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Shake 'em up, shake 'em up


🎸 Verse 7:
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Eighter come later, freighter from Decatur
G
Can't grate cheese without the grater
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Old Mr. Robber cryin' at the door
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Can't buy bullets for his forty-four
G
Shake 'em up, shake 'em up


🎸 Verse 8:
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Pretty Nina Ross, niner from the diner
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Mama's workin' night shift in South Carolina
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Smokin' Red Arifa, drinkin' green wine
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Five to four, there ain't no nine


🎸 Chorus:
          C             G             C
Shake 'em up, shake 'em up, shake 'em up,
          G             D
Shake 'em up, shake 'em up high roller, the winds are getting colder
                                                       G
Shake 'em up high rollers, shake 'em just to save your soul


🎸 Verse 9:
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Well big Tennessee, Tennessee Tottie
G
She got all that, she got nobody
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Mamas in her Memphis down on her knees
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Ain't no ten in Tennessee
G
Shake 'em up, shake 'em up


🎸 Verse 10:
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Seven come eleven, natural high
G
Can't roll eleven for a dead cat's eye
G
Work is up but the pay is down
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Next train heading down to Knoxville town
G
Shake 'em up, shake 'em up


🎸 Verse 11:
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Sixty-six, boxcar city
G
You can't afford the milk for your hungry kitty
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Next train leaving at ten-oh-four
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See you waving at the boxcar door


🎸 Chorus:
          C             G             C
Shake 'em up, shake 'em up, shake 'em up,
          G             D
Shake 'em up, shake 'em up high roller, the winds are getting colder
                                                       G
Shake 'em up high rollers, shake 'em just to save your soul


🎸 Outro:
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Shake 'em up, shake 'em up, shake 'em up