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The Shape I'm In

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The Band

Version
studio
published by
rafah
Tone
A-
A+
Slide
A -> La
Video
Chords
	 
[Intro]
Gm7 Bb Eb C Gm7 F
[Verse]
G
Go out yonder, peace in the valley..
G
come downtown, have to rumble in the alley.
D Em7 G C G
Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in.
[Verse]
G
Has anybody seen my lady?
G
This living alone will drive me crazy.
D Em7 G
Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in.
[Bridge]
C G Am7 C
I'm gonna go down by the water.
C D Em7 C
But I ain't gonna jump in, no, no.
C D Em7
I'll just be looking for my neighbor
F D
and I hear that's where she's been, oh!
[Verse]
G
Out of nine lives, I spent seven.
G
Now, how in the world do you get to Heaven?
Dm D Em7 G
Ohhhh, you don't know the shape I'm in.
[Instrumental]
C Cm Bb G D G..C Gm G D G G7
[Bridge]
C Gm C
I just spent 60 days in the jailhouse..
G
for the crime of having no dough.
C D Em7
Now, here I am back out on the street..
F D
for the crime of having nowhere to go.
[Verse]
G
Save your neck or save your brother.
G
Looks like it's one or the other.
D Em7 G F G
Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in.
[Verse]
G
Now, two young kids might start a ruckus.
G
You know they feel you trying to shuck us.
D Em7 G
Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in.
[Outro]
Gm C Gm C Bb G..D Em7 G..G F G D Em7 G F..G D Em7 G..

G D Em7 G Gm..G D Em7 G.