Shake Up Christmas chords by Train (Official Version)

GuitarPianoUkulele

C
Dm
F
Dm7
Fmaj7

Intro 1
ho, ho, ho
C 
 (C major) Shake up the happiness
Dm 
 (D minor) Wake up the happiness
F 
 (F major) Shake up the happiness
C 
 (C major) It's Christmas time

Verse 1
C 
 (C major) There's a story that I was told
Dm 
And I  (D minor) wanna tell the world before I get too old
F 
 (F major) And don't remember it, so let's December it
C 
 (C major) And reassemble it, oh yeah
Once upon a time in a town like this
Dm 
 (D minor) A little girl made a great big wish
F 
 (F major) To fill the world full of happiness
C 
And  (C major) be on Santa's magic list

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Chorus 1
C 
Dm 
 (C major) Shake it up, shake up the happin (D minor) ess
F 
Wake it up, wake up the happin (F major) ess
C 
Come on y'all, it's Christmas time  (C major) 
Shake it up, shake up the happiness
Dm 
Wake it  (D minor) up, wake up the happiness
F 
C 
Come on  (F major) y'all, it's Christmas time  (C major) 
Dm 
Ho, ho, ho  (D minor) 
F 
Ho, ho, ho  (F major) 
C 
It's Christmas time  (C major) 

Verse 2
C 
 (C major) At the same town, miles away
Dm 
 (D minor) A little boy made a wish that day
F 
 (F major) That the world would be okay
C 
And  (C major) Santa Clause would hear him say
I got dreams, and I got love
Dm 
I got my feet  (D minor) on the ground, and family above
F 
Can you  (F major) send some happiness with my best
C 
To the  (C major) rest of the people of the east
and the west
And maybe every once in a while
Dm 
You  (D minor) give my grandma a reason to smile
F 
 (F major) 'Tis the season to smile
C 
It's  (C major) cold but we'll be freezing in style
And let me meet a girl one day
Dm 
That  (D minor) wants to spread some love this way
F 
 (F major) We can let our souls run free
C 
And  (C major) she can open some happiness with

Chorus 2
C 
 (C major) (me)
Dm 
Shake it up, shake up the happin (D minor) ess
F 
Wake it up, wake up the happin (F major) ess
C 
Come on y'all, it's Christmas time  (C major) 
Shake it up, shake up the happiness
Dm 
Wake it  (D minor) up, wake up the happiness
F 
C 
Come on  (F major) y'all, it's Christmas time  (C major) 

Bridge 1
C 
I know you're  (C major) out there
Dm7 
I hear your  (D minor7) reindeer
Fmaj7 
I see the  (F minoraj7) snow     where
C 
Your boots have  (C major) been
I'm gonna show them
Dm7 
So they will  (D minor7) know  then
Fmaj7 
Their love will  (F minoraj7) grow     and
They believe again

Chorus 3
C 
Shake it  (C major) up (shake it up),
Dm 
shake up the happin (D minor) ess
F 
Wake it up, wake up the happin (F major) ess
C 
Come on y'all, it's Christmas time  (C major) 
Shake it up, shake up the happiness
Dm 
Wake it  (D minor) up, wake up the happiness
F 
C 
Come on  (F major) y'all, it's Christmas time  (C major) 
Dm 
Ho, ho, ho  (D minor) 
F 
Ho, ho, ho  (F major) 
C 
It's Christmas time  (C major) 

Chorus 4
Ho, ho, ho
C 
Dm 
 (C major) Shake it up, shake up the happin (D minor) ess
F 
Wake it up, wake up the happin (F major) ess
C 
Come on y'all, it's Christmas time  (C major) 
Shake it up, shake up the happiness
Dm 
Wake it  (D minor) up, wake up the happiness
F 
C 
Come on  (F major) y'all, it's Christmas time  (C major) 
Ho, ho, ho
Dm 
Ho, ho, ho  (D minor) 
F 
Ho, ho, ho,  (F major) 
C 
It's Christmas time  (C major) 

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C
Dm
F
Dm7
Fmaj7

Tuning: E A D G B EDifficulty: EasyKey: C majorBPM: 82

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Finger positions, low to high (E A D G B e). 0 is open, x is muted.

C: x-3-2-0-1-0
Dm: x-x-0-2-3-1
F: x-3-3-2-1-x
Dm7: x-x-0-2-1-1
Fmaj7: x-x-3-2-1-0

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This is the definitive original version of Shake Up Christmas by Train, transcribed exactly as it was recorded in the studio. Unlike our simplified arrangement, this chart preserves the precise chord voicings and progressions in the original key of C major. It suits players who want to learn Shake Up Christmas the way Train intended, without oversimplifying the arrangement.