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
                 D7
 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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