The Band – The Shape Im In (Guitar)
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Bass Tab
Guitar
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Chords
#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.