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All Shook Up

Billy Joel

RockEasy for beginners3 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

G
C×
D××

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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              Written by Otis Blackwell. This is legend, Billy Joel's version.  
 
 
  G  
1. A well a bless my soul  
 
What's wrong with me?  
 
I'm itching like a man  
 
On a fuzzy tree.  
 
My friends say I'm actin'  
 
As queer as a bug  
 
I'm in love!  
 
I'm All Shook Up.  
          C         D          G 
 
2. My hands are shaky  
And my knees are weak  
I can't seem to stand  
On my own two feet  
Who do you thank  
When you have such luck?  
I'm in love! I'm All Shook Up.  
Uh uh huh. MM Yeah, yeah.  
 
   C                                           
Please don't ask what's on my mind  
   G                                     G  
I'm a little mixed up, but I'm feelin' fine  
   C                                          C 
When I'm near that girl that I love the best  
   D                           D 7 
My heart beats so it scares me to death  
 
3. She touched my hand  
What a chill I got  
Her kisses are like  
A volcano that's hot  
I'm proud to say  
That she's my buttercup  
I'm in love! I'm All Shook Up.  
Uh uh huh. Mmm  Yeah, yeah.  
 
My tongue gets tied when I try to speak  
My insides shake like a leaf on a tree  
There's only one cure for this body of mine  
That's to have the girl that I love so fine  
 
(repeat 3rd verse)  
 
(I have submitted a rather simplified, everyman version of this classic  
Elvis, because I thought the collection needed a version. All  
corrections and suggestions welcomed at [email protected] or at the  
address below)  
 
Enjoy!  
 
          
 

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Chord set

G · C · D

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.