Cm            Fm             Ab/Eb            D7
A man inside a room is shaking hands with other men
 Cm    Cm/Bb      Ab
This is how it happens
     G              Cm
Our carefully laid plans

[Verse 1]
 Cm       Cm/Bb     Ab
Shake it, shake it baby
            G                Cm
Shake your ass out in that street
         Cm      Cm/Bb      Ab
You're going to make 'em scream someday
         G              Cm
You're going to make it big

[Verse 2]
    Cm      Cm/Eb     Fm   Fm/Ab
You love so deep, so tender
      Cm/Eb          D7  
Your people and your land
     Cm       Cm/Bb       Ab
You love them until they can't recall
 G            Cm
Who they are again

[Verse 3]
 Cm      Cm/Bb   Ab
Work it, work it baby
          Bb              Eb G
Work your way around that ro-om
         Cm    Cm/Bb    Ab
You're going to make it big some day
         G             Cm
You're going to make a boom

[Verse 4]
      Cm
But I am
    Cm/Bb
But I am
      Ab        Bb            Eb G
But I am not a number, not a na- me
      Cm
But I am
    Cm/Bb
But I am
      Ab      G           Cm
But I am a carefully laid plan

[Verse 5]
Cm               Cm/Bb  Ab
  Shake what your mama gave you
     Bb                 Eb G
You know that it won't last
Cm                Cm/Bb       Ab
  You're going to taste the ground real soon
         G                 Cm
You're going to taste the grass

[Bridge]
  Cm            Fm             Ab/Eb            D7
A man inside a room is shaking hands with other men
 Cm     Cm/Bb     Ab
This is how it happens
     G             Cm
Our world under command

[Verse 6]
 Cm        Cm/Bb    Ab
Shake it, shake it baby
            G                Cm
Shake your ass out in that street
         Cm               Ab
You're going to make us scream someday
        G                Cm
You're going to make us weak

[Otro]
Cm                           Ab
   You're going to make us scream someday
         G              Cm
You're going to make it big