[Intro]
Gm7 Bb Eb C Gm7 F
[Strophe]
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.
[Strophe]
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.
[Pont]
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!
[Strophe]
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.
[Instrumentale]
C Cm Bb G D G..C Gm G D G G7
[Pont]
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.
[Strophe]
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.
[Strophe]
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.