Intro
D# Cm Gm
(Shake, shake, shake, whoa-oa-oa)
[Verse 1]
D# Cm
Oh, Jessica WJ
Gm D#
Playing bass riffs, 1998
Cm
She's forever left
Gm
In stories told
As Elizabeth, if you had only ever known
[Chorus 1]
D# Cm
Jessica, Jessica, Jessica, Jessica WJ
I don't know why I kept
Gm
Running, and running, and running, and running, and running away
See I like you but
D# Cm
Jessica, Jessica, Jessica I made a mistake
Gm
You wrote your number on a letter and I threw it away
(Shake, shake, shake, whoa-oa-oa)
[Verse 2]
D# Cm
And babble on the microphone
Gm
G scorpion and a scorpio
I'm moonwalking like an Eskimo
Singing oh, oh, oh (yuh!)
D#
Surf was down and the surf was up
Cm
Her hair stood like it was lightning struck
Gm
I joined an Argentinian boxing club like
Whoa-oa-oa
[Chorus 1]
D# Cm
Jessica, Jessica, Jessica, Jessica WJ
I don't know why I kept
Gm
Running, and running, and running, and running, and running away
See I like you but
D# Cm
Jessica, Jessica, Jessica I made a mistake
Gm
You wrote your number on a letter and I threw it away
(Shake, shake, shake, whoa-oa-oa)
[Chorus 2]
D#
We're going downtown, baby
That's where we want to go
Cm
I got a map and rolled down the windows
Gm
She says "hey," I say "it's beautiful"
(Shake, shake, shake, whoa-oa-oa)
[Chorus 2]
D#
We're going downtown, baby
That's where we want to go
Cm
I got a map and rolled down the windows
Gm
She says "hey," I say "it's beautiful"
(Shake, shake, shake, whoa-oa-oa)
[Bridge]
Fm
Evil Knievel jumped the fire
Ab
Kept flying higher and higher
Fm Gm Ab
G human cannonball
Fm
His cape hung red, white, blue
Ab
Girl cries out "I'm in love with you"
F
Now all that's left is the fall
But the feeling doesn't die
[Chorus 1]
D# Cm
Jessica, Jessica, Jessica, Jessica WJ
I don't know why I kept
Gm
Running, and running, and running, and running, and running away
See I like you but
D# Cm
Jessica, Jessica, Jessica I made a mistake
Gm
You wrote your number on a letter and I threw it away
(Shake, shake, shake, whoa-oa-oa)
[Chorus 2]
D#
We're going downtown, baby
That's where we want to go
Cm
I got a map and rolled down the windows
Gm
She says "hey," I say "it's beautiful"
(Shake, shake, shake, whoa-oa-oa)
[Chorus 2]
D#
We're going downtown, baby
That's where we want to go
Cm
I got a map and rolled down the windows
Gm
She says "hey," I say "it's beautiful"
(Shake, shake, shake, whoa-oa-oa)
[Outro]
D# Cm Gm
(Shake, shake, shake, whoa-oa-oa)