Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

Shake!

[Everybody say it!] Shake!

[Early in the morning] Shake!

[Late in the evening] Shake!

[In the midnight hour] Shake!

[When the time's going bad, now] Shake!

Shake with the FEELING!

Shake with the FEELING!

Listen while I'm talkin' to you now

Tell you what I'm gonna do now

There's a new thing going around now

I'll tell what to put down now

You move your body all around

And just shake

Thats the way you do it Shake, Shake, Shake it baby

Shake it like a bowl of soup

Let your body loop de loop

Put your hands on your hip

Come on and let your backbone slip

Move your body like your hip

And just shake!

Shake early in the morning

Shake early in the evening

Ring--Ling--Ling

Honey, Shakin' is the greatest thing

But if you really roll Gotta do the thing with SOUL!

Shake shake with all your might now

If you do it, do it right now

Put your hands on your hip,yeah

Come on and let your backbone slip

Move your body like your hip

And just shake

[God have mercy now!]

Early in the morning

Early in the evening All night long, y'all!

If you really want to roll

Gotta do the thing with SOUL!

Shake shake with all your might

If you do it, do it right

Let your body loop de lite

Shake!

Everybody say it, Shake!

One more time, Shake!

Everybody louder, Shake!

One more time, now, say Shake!

Everybody a bit louder, Shake!