G G [Verse] F 1951 Small town kids Got nothing to do G But dream all night Of movie stars and Cadillac cars F And beautiful girls And big city lights C A River dragnet coming down G Boom, shakalakalakalakalaka boom, Shimmy shimmy shake, shimmy shake, shimmy shimmy shimmy C A River dragnet coming down G Boom, shakalakalakalakalaka boom, Shimmy shimmy shake, shimmy shake, shimmy shimmy shimmy F From every corner Of this great old nation G Good kids succumb To the depths of temptation F Homecoming queens Get lost in the cracks G And quarter back heroes Get strung out on Smack C A River dragnet coming down G Boom, shakalakalakalakalaka boom, Shimmy shimmy shake, shimmy shake, shimmy shimmy shimmy C A River dragnet coming down G Boom, shakalakalakalakalaka boom, Shimmy shimmy shake, shimmy shake, shimmy shimmy shimmy F You wake up one day With a monkey on your back G With foil on all your windows And you're hiding all your tracks F The sheriff's shotgun Don't make a sound G When it's pointed at your corpse After he shot you down C A River dragnet coming down G Boom, shakalakalakalakalaka boom, Shimmy shimmy shake, shimmy shake, shimmy shimmy shimmy C A River dragnet coming down G Boom, shakalakalakalakalaka boom,