Bob Seger – Shakedown (Ukulele)

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#1 in Canada, #1 USA, #9 Australia ans #88 in UK in 1987. INTRO: E D E D (x2) E #1.
E                            D 
No matter what you think you pull..you'll find 

     E
it's not enough.

E                           D
No matter who you think you know..you won't get 

E
through.

       A           D              A             D
It's a given, L.A. law, someone's faster on the draw..

          E                   D            E
no matter where you hide..I'm comin' after you.
#2.
E                         D              E              A
No matter how the race is won..it always ends the same.

        E              D           E        A
Another room without a view awaits downtown.

        A              D      A              D
You can shake me for a while..live it up, in style..

          E                D              E    A
no matter what you do..I'm gonna take you down.
CHORUS:
E               D                E   
Shakedown, breakdown, take-down..everybody wants into 

    D
the crowded line.

E               D            E      G D
Breakdown, take-down, you're busted.

E              D             E          
Let down, your guard, honey..just about the time you're

         D
thinking it's alright.

E               D            E      D
Breakdown, take-down, you're busted.
(INTERLUDE:) E D E D (x2) #3.
          E               A               E           A
This is a town where everyone is reaching for the top.

          E                  A               E  A
This is a place where second best will never do.

A                    D                   A
It's O.K. to want to shine..but once you step across 

     D               E                  D            E   A
that line..no matter where you hide I'm comin' after you.
CHORUS:
E               D                E   
Shakedown, breakdown, take-down..everybody wants into 

    D
the crowded line.

E               D            E      G D
Breakdown, take-down, you're busted.

E              D             E          
Shakedown, breakdown, honey..just about the time you're

         D
thinking it's alright.

E               D            E      D
Breakdown, take-down, you're busted.
(INTERLUDE:) C D Bm C D (x1)...E D E D (x4) CHORUS:
E               D                E   
Shakedown, breakdown, take-down..everybody wants into 

    D
the crowded line.

E               D            E      G D
Breakdown, take-down, you're busted.

E               D            E          
Shakedown, breakdown, honey..just about the time you're

         D
thinking it's alright.

E               D            E      D
Breakdown, take-down, you're busted.
CHORUS:
E               D                E   
Shakedown, breakdown, take-down..everybody wants into 

    D
the crowded line.

E               D            E      G D
Breakdown, take-down, you're busted.

E              D             E          
Let down, your guard, honey..just about the time you're

         D
thinking it's alright.

E               D            E      D
Breakdown, take-down, you're busted.
OUTRO:
E               D                E   
Shakedown, breakdown, take-down..everybody wants into 

    D
the crowded line.

E               D            E      G D
Breakdown, take-down, you're busted.

E               D            E          
Shakedown, breakdown, honey..just about the time you're

         D
thinking it's alright.

E               D            E      D
Breakdown, take-down, you're busted...(Fade.)
An eighties smash from Kraziekhat.