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