Shift column in pandas dataframe up by one?

In [44]: df['gdp'] = df['gdp'].shift(-1)

In [45]: df
Out[45]: 
   y  gdp  cap
0  1    3    5
1  2    7    9
2  8    4    2
3  3    7    7
4  6  NaN    7

In [46]: df[:-1]                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
Out[46]: 
   y  gdp  cap
0  1    3    5
1  2    7    9
2  8    4    2
3  3    7    7

shift column gdp up:

df.gdp = df.gdp.shift(-1)

and then remove the last row