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

INTRO: [F#] ^[B] [F#] : [x2]

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

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

CHORUS 1:
[B] I'm gonna go [C#m] down by the water
^[D#5]^[C#5] [B] But I ain't gonna [C#m] jump in, no, no
^[D#5]^[C#5] [B] I'll just be [C#m] looking for my [D#m] maker
^[D#5]^[C#5] [E] And I hear that that's [C#7] where she's been? Oh

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

INSTRUMENTAL: [over 2 VERSES]

CHORUS 2:
[B] I just spent [C#m] 60 days in the jailhouse
^[D#5]^[C#5] [B] For the crime of [C#m] having no dough
^[D#5]^[C#5] [B] Now here I am [C#m] back out on the street
^[D#5]^[C#5] [E] For the crime of having [C#7] nowhere to go

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

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

INSTRUMENTAL: [over 2 VERSES]