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

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

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

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

CHORUS 1:
[A#] I'm gonna go [Cm] down by the water
^[D5]^[C5] [A#] But I ain't gonna [Cm] jump in, no, no
^[D5]^[C5] [A#] I'll just be [Cm] looking for my [Dm] maker
^[D5]^[C5] [D#] And I hear that that's [C7] where she's been? Oh

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

INSTRUMENTAL: [over 2 VERSES]

CHORUS 2:
[A#] I just spent [Cm] 60 days in the jailhouse
^[D5]^[C5] [A#] For the crime of [Cm] having no dough
^[D5]^[C5] [A#] Now here I am [Cm] back out on the street
^[D5]^[C5] [D#] For the crime of having [C7] nowhere to go

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

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

INSTRUMENTAL: [over 2 VERSES]