Shut Up and Dance | Chords + Lyrics
Intro
| Db Dbsus4 | Db Dbsus2 |
Chorus 1 (intro chords)
||: Db Dbsus4 | Db Dbsus2 :||
Oh don’t you dare look back, just keep your eyes on me.
I said you’re holding back, she said shut up and dance with me.
This woman is my destiny, she said:
Oh, oh, oh. Shut up and dance with me.
Instrumental 1
| Db7omit3 (Gb Ab) | Db7omit3 (Bb Ab) |
| Db7omit3 (Gb Ab) | Db7omit3 (Db Ab/C Ab) |
Verse 2
| Db7omit3 (Gb Ab) | Db7omit3 (Bb Ab) | Db7omit3 (Gb Ab) | Db7omit3 (Db Ab/C Ab) |
We were victims of the night, the chemical, physical, kryptonite.
| Db7omit3 (Gb Ab) | Db7omit3 (Bb Ab) | Db7omit3 (Gb Ab) | Db7omit3 (Db Ab/C Ab Gb) |
Helpless to the bass and the fading light. Oh, we were bound to get together, bound to get together.
Bridge 1
| Gb5/F Gb5 | Db5 Bbm Ab5 |
She took my arm, I don’t know how it happened.
| Gb5/F Gb5 | Ab5 |
We took the floor and she said:
Chorus 2
| Db5 Gb5 | Bb5 Ab5 |
Oh don’t you dare look back, just keep your eyes on me.
| Db5 Gb5 | Bb5 Ab5 |
I said you’re holding back, she said shut up and dance with me.
| Db5 Gb5 | Bb5 Ab5 |
This woman is my destiny, she said:
| Db5 Gb5 | Bb5 Ab5 |
Oh, oh, oh. Shut up and dance with me.
Verse 2
| Db7omit3 (Gb Ab) | Db7omit3 (Bb Ab) | Db7omit3 (Gb Ab) | Db7omit3 (Db Ab/C) |
A backless dress and some beat up sneaks. My discotheque Juliet teenage dream.
| Db7omit3 (Gb Ab) | Db7omit3 (Bb Ab) | Db7omit3 (Gb Ab) | Db7omit3 (Db Ab/C Ab Gb) |
I felt it in my chest as she looked at me. I knew we were bound to be together, bound to be together.
Bridge 2
| Gb5/F Gb5 | Db5 Bbm Ab5 |
She took my arm, I don’t know how it happened.
| Gb5/F Gb5 | Ab5 |
We took the floor and she said:
Chorus 3
| Db5 Gb5 | Bb5 Ab5 |
Oh don’t you dare look back, just keep your eyes on me.
| Db5 Gb5 | Bb5 Ab5 |
I said you’re holding back, she said shut up and dance with me.
| Db5 Gb5 | Bb5 Ab5 |
This woman is my destiny, she said:
| Db5 Gb5 | Bb5 Ab5 | Gb | Gb |
Oh, oh, oh. Shut up and dance with me. Oh, c’mon girl!
Solo
||: Bbm Db | Gb Ab :|| x3
| Bbm Db Gb | Ab |
Bridge 3
| Gb5/F Gb5 | Db5 Bbm Ab5 |
Deep in her eyes, I think I see the future.
| Gb5/F Gb5 | Db5 Bbm Ab5 |
I realize this is my last chance.
| Gb5/F Gb5 | Db5 Bbm Ab5 |
She took my arm, I don’t know how it happened.
| Gb5/F Gb5 | Ab5 |
We took the floor and she said:
Instrumental
||: Db Dbsus4 | Db Dbsus2 :||
Chorus 4 (intro chords)
| Db Dbsus4 | Db Dbsus2 |
Oh don’t you dare look back, just keep your eyes on me.
| Db Dbsus4 | Db Dbsus2 |
I said you’re holding back, she said shut up and dance with me.
| Db Dbsus4 | Db Dbsus2 |
This woman is my destiny, she said:
| Db Dbsus4 | N.C |
Oh, oh, oh. Shut up and dance.
Chorus 3
| Db5 Gb5 | Bb5 Ab5 |
Don’t you dare look back, just keep your eyes on me.
| Db5 Gb5 | Bb5 Ab5 |
I said you’re holding back, she said shut up and dance with me.
| Db5 Gb5 | Bb5 Ab5 |
This woman is my destiny, she said:
| Db5 Gb5 | Bb5 Ab5 |
Oh, oh, oh. Shut up and dance with me.
Outro
||: Db5 Gb5 | Bb5 Ab5 :|| to fade
Oh oh oh. Shut up and dance with me.
Oh oh oh. Shut up and dance with me.
End
| Bbm Db Gb | Ab |
Shut Up and Dance’s chords, progressions, and TAB
Walk The Moon‘s smash hit Shut Up and Dance came out in 2014 and found its way onto every party band’s set list instantly.
Reminiscent of Mr. Brightside in more than one way, it has become a safe bet for bands the world over.
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Walk The Moon
After releasing their debut album independently, Walk The Moon soon gathered interest from major labels and signed to RCA in 2011.
Their best tunes include Anna Sun, One Foot, Shut Up and Dance, and a Talking Heads cover of Burning Down The House.
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