Shakin It Loose by REO Speedwagon

Shakin It Loose tab by REO Speedwagon

Guitar tabs

SHAKIN' IT LOOSE

As recorded by REO Speedwagon
(From the 1980 Album HI INFIDELITY)

Words and Music by Gary Richrath

Transcribed by Slowhand


Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Gary Richrath - Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Kevin Cronin - Electric Guitar'


 Intro       1st Verse
 Q=156
  A5  Bb5 B5   C5
 4/4
 Gtr I (El. Gtr.)Gtrs I, II (El. Gtrs. w/ dist.)
 E Q E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|----------------||-------------------------|
|----------------||-------------------------|
|----------------||-------------------------|
|---7--7-8---9---||-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|---7--7-8---9---||-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|---5--5-6---7---||--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|

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Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -


 A5        C5
 E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--|


 A5        F5             D5
 E E E E E E E E  Q Q Q Q  Q Q Q Q  Q Q Q Q
|-----------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-----------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-----------------|-------------|-------------|-7--7--7--7--|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-3--3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3--|-7--7--7--7--|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-3--3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3--|-5--5--5--5--|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-1--1--1--1--|-1--1--1--1--|-------------|


 F   G    C5
  H   H    E E E E E E E E
|-------------|-------------------------|
|-10----12----|-------------------------|
|-10----12----|-------------------------|
|-10----12----|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|--8----10----|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|-------------|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|


               2nd & 3rd Verses
               C5
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------||--------------------------|
|-------------------------||o-------------------------|
|-------------------------||--------------------------|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-||--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-||o-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-||---8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|


 A5        C5            A5        F5
 E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E  Q Q Q Q
|-----------------|-------------------------|-----------------|-------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|-----------------|-------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|-----------------|-------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-3--3--3--3--|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-3--3--3--3--|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-1--1--1--1--|


        D5      F   G
 Q Q Q Q  Q Q Q Q   H   H
|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-10----12----|
|-------------|-7--7--7--7--|-10----12----|
|-3--3--3--3--|-7--7--7--7--|-10----12----|
|-3--3--3--3--|-5--5--5--5--|--8----10----|
|-1--1--1--1--|-------------|-------------|


 C5                Bb5  A5  G5
               |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
  E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|----------------------------||
|-------------------------|----------------------------||
|-------------------------|----------------------------||
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-x-x-8-x-x-7-x-x-5-x-x---||
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-x-x-8-x-x-7-x-x-5-x-x---||
|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|--8-x-x-6-x-x-5-x-x-3-x-x---||


 Chorus
 F         Dm      C
 W         H    +Q.  E
|-----------------|-5-------(5)-----|
|-1---------------|-6-------(6)---5-|
|-2---------------|-7-------(7)---5-|
|-3---------------|-7-------(7)---5-|
|-3---------------|-5-------(5)-----|
|-1---------------|-----------------|
|
| Gtr II
| E E E E E E E E  E E E E H
|-----------------|-5-5-5-5--5------|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-6-6-6-6--6------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-7-7-7-7--7------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-7-7-7-7--7------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5--5------|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-----------------|


 +E  E E E Q.    E  +E  E E E H
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|-(5)--5--5--5--5---------5-|-(5)--5--6--7--8----------|
|-(5)--5--7--8--5---------5-|-(5)--5--5--5--5----------|
|-(5)--5--5--5--5---------5-|-(5)--5--5--5--5----------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|
| E  E E E E  E E E  E  E E E E E E E
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|-10--10-10-10-10--10-10-10-|-10--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|-10--10-10-10-10--10-10-10-|-10--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|--8---8--8--8--8---8--8--8-|--8---8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|


 F         Dm      C
 W         H    +Q.  E
|-----------------|-5-------(5)-----|
|-1---------------|-6-------(6)---5-|
|-2---------------|-7-------(7)---5-|
|-3---------------|-7-------(7)---5-|
|-3---------------|-5-------(5)-----|
|-1---------------|-----------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E  E E E E H
|-----------------|-5-5-5-5--5------|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-6-6-6-6--6------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-7-7-7-7--7------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-7-7-7-7--7------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5--5------|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-----------------|


 +E  E E E Q.    E  +E  E E E H
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|-(5)--5--5--5--5---------5-|-(5)--5--6--7--8----------|
|-(5)--5--7--8--5---------5-|-(5)--5--5--5--5----------|
|-(5)--5--5--5--5---------5-|-(5)--5--5--5--5----------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|
| E  E E E E  E E E  E  E E E E E E E
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|-10--10-10-10-10--10-10-10-|-10--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|-10--10-10-10-10--10-10-10-|-10--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|--8---8--8--8--8---8--8--8-|--8---8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|


                          1.
 Dm     F   G    C5              A5  Bb5 B5
 Gtrs I, II
 W      H   H    E E E E E E E E  E Q.  E E E E
|-5--------|-------------|-------------------------|------------------||
|-6--------|-10----12----|-------------------------|-----------------o||
|-7--------|-10----12----|-------------------------|------------------||
|-7--------|-10----12----|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-7----8---9----||
|-5--------|--8----10----|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-7----8---9---o||
|----------|-------------|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|--8-5----6---7----||


          Piano Solo
 2.
 C5 A5  Bb5 B5   C5
  E Q.  E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------||-------------------------|
|-----------------||-------------------------|
|-----------------||-------------------------|
|-10-7----8---9---||-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|-10-7----8---9---||-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|--8-5----6---7---||--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|


 A5        C5
 E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|


 A5        F5             D5
 E E E E E E E E  Q Q Q Q  Q Q Q Q  Q Q Q Q
|-----------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-----------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-----------------|-------------|-------------|-7--7--7--7--|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-3--3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3--|-7--7--7--7--|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-3--3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3--|-5--5--5--5--|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-1--1--1--1--|-1--1--1--1--|-------------|


        Guitar Solo
 F   G    C5
  H   H    E   E E E   E E E   E
|-------------||-----------8-----------8----------|
|-10----12----||--------8-----------8-----------8-|
|-10----12----||-10b12-------10b12-------10b12----|
|-10----12----||----------------------------------|
|--8----10----||----------------------------------|
|-------------||----------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
|         PM-------------------------------
| H   H    E   E E E   E E E   E
|-------------||----------------------------------|
|-10----12----||----------------------------------|
|-10----12----||----------------------------------|
|-10----12----||-10----10-10-10----10-10-10----10-|
|--8----10----||-10----10-10-10----10-10-10----10-|
|-------------||--8-----8--8--8-----8--8--8-----8-|


  E  E E E  E E E  E  E   E E E   E E E   E
|---------8---------8---------|-----------8-----------8----------|
|-------8---------8---------8-|--------8-----------8-----------8-|
|-10b12-----10b12-----10b12---|-10b12-------10b12-------10b12----|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
| E  E E E  E E E  E  E   E E E   E E E   E
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--7----7-7--7----7-7--7----7-|-10----10-10-10----10-10-10----10-|
|--7----7-7--7----7-7--7----7-|-10----10-10-10----10-10-10----10-|
|--5----5-5--5----5-5--5----5-|--8-----8--8--8-----8--8--8-----8-|


 A5
  E  E E E  E E E  E  e  E e  E Q   E   E
|---------8---------8---------|-------------------------------------|
|-------8---------8---------8-|-11b14---11b14---11b14--11b14-11b14==|
|-10b12-----10b12-----10b12---|-------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|
| PM-----------------------|
| E  E E E  E E E  E  Q    Q    Q   Q
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--7----7-7--7----7-7--7----7-|--3-------3-------3------3-----------|
|--7----7-7--7----7-7--7----7-|--3-------3-------3------3-----------|
|--5----5-5--5----5-5--5----5-|--1-------1-------1------1-----------|


  +E  +E  E   +E  E   +E  E   +E   S S E S S E S S E S S E
|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-(11)-(11)r-11b14==(11)r-11b14==(11)r-11b14==(11)r-|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|-12-10-0-12-10-0-12-10-0-12-10-0-|
|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|
|  Q     Q      Q      Q       Q    Q    Q    Q
|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---3---------3------------3------------3-----------|--3-------3-------3-------3------|
|---3---------3------------3------------3-----------|--3-------3-------3-------3------|
|---1---------1------------1------------1-----------|--1-------1-------1-------1------|


 D5             C
  S S E S S E S S E S S E   W      W
|---------------------------|-/12--------|-/20\----||
|---------------------------|-/13--------|-/20\----||
|-10-9-0-9-7-0-10-9-0-7-5-0-|-/12--------|---------||
|---------------------------|------------|---------||
|---------------------------|------------|---------||
|---------------------------|------------|---------||
|
| Q   Q   Q   Q     W      W
|---------------------------|------------|---------||
|---------------------------|------------|---------||
|--7-----7------7-----7-----|------------|---------||
|--7-----7------7-----7-----|--10--------|--10-----||
|--5-----5------5-----5-----|--10--------|--10-----||
|---------------------------|---8--------|---8-----||


 Out-Chorus
 F     Dm     N.C.
 W     H  +Q.  E     E  E  E  E  Q.     E
|----------|-5----(5)----------|---8----8----8----8----8----------------|
|-1--------|-6----(6)----------|---8----8----8----8----8----------------|
|-2--------|-7----(7)---10b12==|=(10)-(10)-(10)-(10)-(10)r-------10b12==|
|-3--------|-7----(7)----------|----------------------------------------|
|-3--------|-5----(5)----------|----------------------------------------|
|-1--------|-------------------|----------------------------------------|
|
| W     W           E  E  E  E  E  E E E
|----------|-5-----------------|----------------------------------------|
|-1--------|-6-----------------|----------------------------------------|
|-2--------|-7-----------------|----------------------------------------|
|-3--------|-7-----------------|--10---10---10---10---10---10-10-10-----|
|-3--------|-5-----------------|--10---10---10---10---10---10-10-10-----|
|-1--------|-------------------|---8----8----8----8----8----8--8--8-----|


  E  E  E  E  H
|---8----8----8----8----8------------|
|---8----8----8----8----8------------|
|-(10)-(10)-(10)-(10)-(10)r----------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|
|  E  E  E  E  E  E E E
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|--10---10---10---10---10---10-10-10-|
|--10---10---10---10---10---10-10-10-|
|---8----8----8----8----8----8--8--8-|


 F     Dm     N.C.
 W     H  +Q.  E     E  E  E  E  Q.     E
|----------|-5----(5)----------|---8----8----8----8----8----------------|
|-1--------|-6----(6)----------|---8----8----8----8----8----------------|
|-2--------|-7----(7)---10b12==|=(10)-(10)-(10)-(10)-(10)r-------10b12==|
|-3--------|-7----(7)----------|----------------------------------------|
|-3--------|-5----(5)----------|----------------------------------------|
|-1--------|-------------------|----------------------------------------|
|
| W     W           E  E  E  E  E  E E E
|----------|-5-----------------|----------------------------------------|
|-1--------|-6-----------------|----------------------------------------|
|-2--------|-7-----------------|----------------------------------------|
|-3--------|-7-----------------|--10---10---10---10---10---10-10-10-----|
|-3--------|-5-----------------|--10---10---10---10---10---10-10-10-----|
|-1--------|-------------------|---8----8----8----8----8----8--8--8-----|


  E  E  E  E  H
|---8----8----8----8----8------------|
|---8----8----8----8----8------------|
|-(10)-(10)-(10)-(10)-(10)r----------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|
|  E  E  E  E  E  E E E
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|--10---10---10---10---10---10-10-10-|
|--10---10---10---10---10---10-10-10-|
|---8----8----8----8----8----8--8--8-|


 Dm     F   G    C5
 Gtrs I, II
 W      H   H    E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E
|-5--------|-------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-6--------|-10----12----|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-7--------|-10----12----|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-7--------|-10----12----|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|-5--------|--8----10----|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|----------|-------------|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|


 Dm     F   G    C
 W      H   H    E E E E E E E E
|-5--------|-------------|-------------------------|
|-6--------|-10----12----|-------------------------|
|-7--------|-10----12----|-------------------------|
|-7--------|-10----12----|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|-5--------|--8----10----|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|----------|-------------|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|


              Dm     F   G
  E E E E E E E E  W      H   H
|-------------------------|-5--------|-------------|
|-------------------------|-6--------|-10----12----|
|-------------------------|-7--------|-10----12----|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-7--------|-10----12----|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-5--------|--8----10----|
|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|----------|-------------|


 N.C.
 Gtr I
 E E E E E E E E  E E E E +H    +W
|---8----------------|------------------|--------*|
|---8----------------|------------------|--------*|
|-----10-8-----------|------------------|--------*|
|----------10-8------|------------------|--------*|
|---------------10-8-|------------------|--------*|
|--------------------|-11-10-9-8-(8)----|-(8)----*|


Duration 🏷Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature 🏷Legend
----------------
 h  - hammer-on
 p  - pull-off
 b  - bend
 pb - pre-bend
 r  - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s  - legato slide
 S  - shift slide
 - natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~  - vibrato
 tr - trill
 T  - tap
 TP - trem. picking
 PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n - tremolo bar down
 n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =  - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
 <> - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x  - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o  - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc 🏷Legend
-----------
 | - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
 : - bar (freetime)
 $ - Segno
 & - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths



She looked at me with fire in her eyes.
Looks can't kill but she certainly tries,
And she tried as she might.
But I'm gonna be all right,
Shakin' it loose tonight.

She said honey, "forget me quick."
Another fool, another hollywood trick.
Movin' on a red light.
But I'm gonna be all right,
Shakin' it loose tonight.

I got to go there's someone on the phone.
Knock on my door, but there's nobody home
I turned out the light
And I'm gonna be all right,
Shakin' it loose tonight.

Shake, shake, shakin' it loose tonight.
Shake, shake, shakin' it loose tonight.
I'm gonna make it.

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