Band, The Shape I'm In (1970)
^{Key: :[G] (w: Robbie Robertson)}

INTRO: [G] ^[C] [G] : [x2]

VERSE 1:
[G] Go out yonder, ^[C] [G] peace in the valley
^[C] [G] Come downtown, ^[C] [G] have to rumble in the alley
[D] Oh, you don't know the shape I'm [G] in ^[C] [G]

VERSE 2:
^[C] [G] Has anybody, ^[C] [G] seen my lady
^[C] [G] This living alone, ^[C] [G] will drive me crazy
[D] Oh, you don't know the shape I'm [G] in ^[C] [G]

CHORUS 1:
[C] I'm gonna go [Dm] down by the water
^[E5]^[D5] [C] But I ain't gonna [Dm] jump in, no, no
^[E5]^[D5] [C] I'll just be [Dm] looking for my [Em] maker
^[E5]^[D5] [F] And I hear that that's [D7] where she's been? Oh

VERSE 3:
^[C] [G] Out of nine lives, ^[C] [G] I spent seven
^[C] [G] Now, how in the world, ^[C] [G] do you get to Heaven?
[D] Oh, you don't know the shape I'm [G] in ^[C] [G]

INSTRUMENTAL: [over 2 VERSES]

CHORUS 2:
[C] I just spent [Dm] 60 days in the jailhouse
^[E5]^[D5] [C] For the crime of [Dm] having no dough
^[E5]^[D5] [C] Now here I am [Dm] back out on the street
^[E5]^[D5] [F] For the crime of having [D7] nowhere to go

VERSE 4:
^[C] [G] Save your neck, ^[C] [G] or save your brother
^[C] [G] Looks like it's one, ^[C] [G] or the other
[D] Oh, you don't know the shape I'm [G] in ^[C] [G]

VERSE 5:
^[C] [G] Now two young kids, ^[C] [G] might start a ruckus
^[C] [G] You know they feel, ^[C] [G] you trying to shuck us
[D] Oh, you don't know the shape I'm [G] in ^[C] [G]

INSTRUMENTAL: [over 2 VERSES]