Shake A Tail Feather | Chords + Lyrics
Intro
| D7 | D7 | G7 | D7 | A5 |
Verse 1 (Fender Roades only)
| D5 (D6) | G (G6) | D5 (D6) | G (G6) |
Well, I heard about the fellow you’ve been dancin’ with, all over the neighborhood.
| D5 (D6) | Bm (Bm7) | E (E7) | A (A7) |
So why didn’t you ask me, baby? Didn’t you think I could?
Verse 2 (Band in)
| D5 (D6) | G (G6) | D5 (D6) | G (G6) |
Well, I know that the boogaloo is outta sight. But to shake a leisure thing tonight.
| D5 (D6) | Bm7 (Bm) | E7 (E) |
Would it happen to me and you baby? I want to show you how to do it right.
Pre-chorus
| A5 | A5 | A | A | A | A | A7 | A7 | A lick | A lick |
Do it right. Uh-huh. Do it right. Do it right, do it right, do it right, do it right! Uhhh!
Chorus 1
| D5 (D6) | G (G6) | D5 (D6) | A |
Twist it! Shake it, shake it, shake it, shake it, baby!
| G | G | D | D | G | G |
Here we go loop di loo! Shake it out, baby! Here we go loop di lie!
| A5 | A5 |
Bend over, let me see you shake your tail feather.
| A | A |
Bend over, let me see you shake your tail feather.
| A | A |
Come on, let me see you shake your tail feather. Uh!
| A7 | A7 | A lick | A lick |
Come on, let me see you shake your tail feather. Uh!
Chorus 2 (same as chorus 1)
| D5 (D6) | G (G6) | D5 (D6) | A |
Twist it! Shake it, shake it, shake it, shake it, baby!
| G | G | D | D | G | G |
Here we go loop di loo! Shake it out, baby! Here we go loop di lie!
| A5 | A5 |
Bend over, let me see you shake your tail feather.
| A | A |
Bend over, let me see you shake your tail feather.
| A | A |
Come on, let me see you shake your tail feather. Uh!
| A7 | A7 | A lick | A lick |
Come on, let me see you shake your tail feather. Uh!
Outro
||: D5 (D6) | G (G6) :||
Come on! Come on babe!
Come on! Yeah, come on babe! Alright!
Do the twist! Do the fly! Do the swim! (Ha! Ha! Ha!)
And do the bird! (Oh!) Do the duck!
(Ah!) Do the monkey!
(Hey! Hey!) Watootsie!
And the… what about the food?
Do the mashed potato! What about the boogaloo?
The Boney Muroney! Come on let’s do the twist!
| A5 | A5 |
Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
End
||: D5 (D6) | G (G6) :|| to fade
Twist it! Shake it, shake it, shake it, shake it baby!
(Oh!) Twist it! Shake it, shake it, shake it, shake it baby!
Shake A Tail Feather’s chords, progressions, and TAB
Ray Charles‘ Shake A Tailfeather became known to the world in 1980 as it featured in the amazing Blues Brothers film.
Before Ray made it his own in 1980, Ike and Tina Turner recorded it in 1968, the original goes all the way back to 1963 and the Five Du-Tones.
Mainly played on the Electric piano, for a guitarist, Shake A Tailfeather’s chords can be played in several different ways depending on if there’s a keyboard player present or not.
Members discover this using TAB for if they have a keyboard player or not, we even work out how to play the intro keyboard part on the guitar.
To get better at this kind of rhythm guitar playing in general, play along with the original recording above as well as compare how these kinds of 6 chord parts are played in other tunes like I Can’t Stand The Rain, Son Of A Preacher Man, You Never Can Tell, Nutbush City Limits, and perhaps most famously, Johnny B. Goode.
Here’s a link to the complete lesson (members only): Shake A Tailfeather chord analysis and TAB.
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