The Shape I’m In The Band

The Shape I’m In        The Band

G   C G   C G   C G   C G

               C G                   C G

 Go out yonder,   peace in the valley

                C       G

 Come downtown, have to rumble in the alley

D                      C         G   C G  C G

Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in

           C G             C G

Has anybody   seen my lady

C G

This living alone   will drive me crazy

D                      C         G  C G

Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in

C             Dm          Em   Dm(E bass) C

 I'm gonna go down by the wa - ter

                   Dm           Em Dm  C

 But I ain't gonna jump in, no, no

              Dm             Em    Dm  F

 I'll just be looking for my mak - er

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 And I hear that that's where she's been? Oh!

G                 C G              C G

Out of nine lives,   I spent seven

C G

Now, how in the world   do you get to Heaven

D                      C         G  C G

Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in

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C            Dm             Em  Dm    C

I just spent 60 days in the jailhouse

                 Dm        Em Dm  C

For the crime of having no dough

              Dm              Em Dm  F

Now here I am back out on the street

D7

For the crime of having nowhere to go

G             C G                    C G

Save your neck   or save your brother

C G

Looks like it's   one or the other

D                      C         G  C G  C G

Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in

G                 C G                    C G

Now two young kids   might start a ruckus

G                 C G

You know they feel   you trying to shuck us

D                      C         G  C G

Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in

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