The Band – The Shape Im In (Guitar)

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#121 on BB Hot 100 on CAPITOL Records in 1971 Album - Stage Fright - #6 RPM Canada, #15 in UK and #5 on BB Hot 200 INTRO: Gm7 Bb Eb C Gm7 F #1.
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.
#2.
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            Dm        Em   Dm
I'm gonna go down by the water.

C                 Dm     Em   Dm
But I ain't gonna jump in, no, no.

C            Dm           Em     Dm
I'll just be looking for my neighbor

F          D
and I hear that's where she's been, oh!
#3.
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.
INTERLUDE: 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.
#4.
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.
#5.
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 A seventies smash from Kraziekhat.