Jump in the line (Shake, Senora)

 

    D – A (8x)

 

    D                                                                        A

Shake, shake, shake, Senora, shake your body line,

                                               - A7                        D

shake, shake, shake, Senora,      shake it all the time.

                                                                     A

Work, work, work, Senora, work your body line,

                                         - A7                      D

work, work, work, Senora,      work it all the time.

 

     D                              G       D                           A

1. My girl's name is Senora, I tell you friends I adore her,

                D                              G

    and when she dances oh, brother,

                  D                A

    she's a hurricane in all kinds of weather.

  D                     - A                             D                - A

Jump in the line     rock your body in time. O-kay!      I believe you. (3x)

  D                    - A                            D           - A

Jump in the line    rock your body in time. Oh!        + CHORUS

 

      D                            G           D                             A

2. You can talk about cha-cha, tango, waltz or the rhumba,

          D                              G

    Senora's dance has no title,

            D                                  A

    you jump in the saddle hold on to the bridle.

  D                     - A                            D                - A

Jump in the line     rock your body in time. O-kay!      I believe you. (3x)

  D                    - A                             D           - A

Jump in the line    rock your body in time. Oh!        + CHORUS

 

          D                       G              D                  A

3. Senora she's a sensation, the reason for aviation,

            D                             G

    and fellas you've got to watch it,

                      D                                   A

    when she wind up she bottom, she go like a rocket.

  D                     - A                             D                - A

Jump in the line     rock your body in time. O-kay!      I believe you. (3x)

  D                    - A                             D           - A

Jump in the line    rock your body in time. Oh!

 

    D - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -   (4 claps)  - D                             A

Shake, shake, shake, Senora - - - - - -           shake your body line,

                                           (4 claps)   - A7                       D

Work, work, work, Senora - - - - - -             work it all the time.

    D - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -   (4 claps)  - D                  A

Dance, dance, dance, Senora - - - - - -         everybody likes,

                                           (4 claps)   - A7                       A

Work, work, work, Senora - - - - - -             work it all the time.

 

           D                    G        D                         A

4. Senora dances calypso, left to right is the tempo,

               D                              G

    and when she gets the sensation,

                 D                            A

    she go up in the air, come down in slow motion.

  D                     - A                             D                 - A

Jump in the line     rock your body in time. O-kay!      I believe you. (3x)

  D                    - A                             D           - A

Jump in the line     rock your body in time. Oh!

 

    D                                                                     A

Shake, shake, shake Senora, shake your body line,

                                                - A7                         D

shake, shake, shake Senora,         shake it all the time.

 

Work, work, work Senora !

 

(orig. = capo 3rd)      (Harry Belafonte)