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Shotgun

George Ezra · 2018

Shotgun by George Ezra (2018) — selected for the English-through-music catalog. Use the sing-along prompts and exercises to drill pronunciation, vocabulary, and listening comprehension.

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Lyrics + translation · letras.mus.br

🎤 Sing along

Sing with the chorus

  • I'll be riding shotgun
  • Underneath the hot sun
  • Feeling like a someone
  • I'll be riding shotgun

Sing the opening verse

  • See you later
  • Gotta hit the road
  • Gotta hit the road
  • Something changed in the atmosphere
i'llsomeoneriding

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Somethingin the atmosphere

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Timeby in the yellow and green

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

There's athat I'm dreaming of

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Theof the Equator, navigator

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

BikiniLager tops

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

There's a mountaintop that I'mof

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

See you later

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Stick around and you'll see what I mean

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I'll be riding shotgun

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

We got two in the front

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Gotta hit the road

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Something ? in the atmosphere

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

Stick around and ? see what I mean

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

I'll be ? shotgun

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

Bikini ? Lager tops

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

If you need me, you ? where I'll be

Exercise 17

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 18

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 19

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 20

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 21

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 22

How many times do you hear the word "i'll" in the whole song?

"i'll"

Exercise 23

How many times do you hear the word "someone" in the whole song?

"someone"

Exercise 24

Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:

  • Gotta hit the road
  • See you later
  • Time flies by in the yellow and green

Exercise 25

Describe the mood of "Shotgun" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?

i'llsomeoneridingshotgun

Exercise 26

Who in your life would you dedicate "Shotgun" to, and what line captures what you want to say to them?

i'llsomeoneridingshotgun

Exercise 27

Compare "Shotgun" with a Brazilian song you know. Do they share a theme? How do their styles differ?

i'llsomeoneridingshotgun

Exercise 28

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • gotta→
  • you'll→
  • there's→
  • i'm→
  • i'll→
  • don't→

Exercise 29

Imagine you are making a short film with "Shotgun" as the soundtrack. What scene would you show while the chorus plays?

i'llsomeoneridingshotgun

Exercise 30

Rewrite the chorus of "Shotgun" in your own words — keep the meaning but change the style (formal, slang, poetic, whatever you like).

i'llsomeoneridingshotgun