Cage The Elephant - Shake Me Down Chords & Tabs

Cage The Elephant
Shake Me Down
Thank You Happy Birthday
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