Shakin' Street

{tuning: Standard (EADGBE)}
{sot}   [E]   [E]  [E]    [A]  [A]    [D]  [D]  [D]   [A]  [G]  [G]  [G] [G] [G] [A]
e|-0---0--0----0--0----2--2--2-|-5--2--3--3-3—3\5|-------------------------|
B|-0---0--0----2--2----3--3--3-|-5--2--3--3-3-3\5|-------------------------|
G|-1---1--1----2--2----2--2--2-|-6--4--4--4-4-4\6|-------------------------|
D|-2---2--2----2--2----0--0--0-|-7--5--5--5-5—5\7|-------------------------|
A|-2---2--2----0--0----x--x--x-|-7--5--5--5-5—5\7|-4------5----------------|
E|-0---0--0----0--0----x--x--x-|-5-/3--3--3-3—3\5|---5-3----5-3h5p3-0~-----|{eot}

{section: Verse}
[E]Little Orphan Annie and Sweet Sue too,They'[A]ve been coming ar[D]ound ,Gives 'em s          [E]
[A]                     [D]              [E]                                              [A]
somethin' [D]to do. Their mam[E]as all warned 'em not to come to town. It got into their
blood, Now they gonna get down[A] .               [D]

{section: Chorus}
[A]       [G]                                  [A]      [A]     [G]
Shakin' stre[A]et it's g[A]ot that[G] beat. Shakin' street where all the kids meet . Shakin'
street it's got that sound. Shaki[A]n' street[A] say you gotta get [G]down .

{section: Verse 2}
S[E]treetlight Sammy decided to make the trip. All the[A] way from New J[D]ersey , On his        [E]
 [A]                [D]           [E]                                         [A]
gi[D]rlfriend's tip. H[E]e pulled into town and met Skinny Leg Pete. Said come here, boy I
            [A]               [D]            [E]
heard about the[D] streets. I heard about the place where all the kids go , Now, I'm
a-bo[E]ut to flip , I just gotta know a[A]bout .            [D]

{section: Bridge}
[A5]                                                                             [A5]
Well the kids on shakin' street never give in . 'Cause all of their l[A5]ives they've been
in sin.  You know that they're bad ,
  [A5]                                              [B]
Y[D]ou know that they're mad . They take for the takin' ,They shake for the shakin' .    HA!

{section: Verse 3}
[E]                                                       [A]            [D]
The fo[E]lks keep complaining they find it so [A]shockin' . A[D]ll the kids wanna do is j[E]ust keep
rockin' . They ain't got no time to
 [A]                  [D]                       [E]                                [A]
    [D]                    [E]                                  [A]                [D]
think abou[E]t stoppin' . They gotta get down and do a little stompin' . Now Sally Baker
to shake her shaker . And Bobby
C. says he's gonna take[A] her to.        [D]

{section: Chorus}
[A]       [G]                                  [A]      [A]     [G]
Shakin' stre[A]et it's g[A]ot that[G] beat. Shakin' street where all the kids meet . Shakin'
                                 [A]        [A]      [G]
street it[E]'s got that sound. Shakin' street say you gotta get down .

Here’s a video I uploaded for the song from the “Kick  out the Jams” Dvd. Its gives a
 example of the rhythm. Shakin Street Was written and performed by Fred “Sonic” Smith of
MC5. Rest in Peace Fred and Rob.

Chords

   Verse        Chorus       Bridge

{sot}  [E]    [A]    [D]     [A]    [G]     [A5]    [B]    [D]
e|0----0----2-|---5----3--|--------2----2------|
B|0----2----3-|---5----3--|--------4----3------|
G|1----2----2-|---6----4--|--------4----2------|
D|2----2----0-|---7----5--|--7-----4----0------|
A|2----0----x-|---7----5--|--7-----2----x------|
E|0----0----x-|---5----3--|--5-----x----x------|{eot}