THE SHAPE I'M IN
The Band

INTRO:     Cm7------- (with noodling C blues scale solo)

G7 VAMP:   G7  G7  G7  G7-C-G7

VERSE 1:
G7
Go out yonder, peace in the valley
G7
Come downtown, have to rumble in the alley
D7                     Em        G7 VAMP
Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in

VERSE 2:
G7
Has anybody seen my lady
G7
This living alone will drive me crazy
D7                     Em        G7 VAMP
Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in

BRIDGE:
C            Dm          Em Dm C
I'm gonna go down by the water
C                 Dm             Em Dm C
But I ain't gonna jump in, no, no
C            Dm             Em Em F
I'll just be looking for my neighbor
F          D
And I hear that's where she's been, oh

VERSE 3:
G7
Out of nine lives, I spent seven
G7
Now, how in the world do you get to Heaven
D7                     Em        G7 VAMP
Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in

SOLOS: Cm7-------   G7 VAMP / VERSE CHORDS (x2)

BRIDGE:
C            Dm             Em Dm C
I just spent 60 days in the jailhouse
C                Dm             Em Dm C
For the crime of having no dough
C              Dm              Em Em F
Now, here I am back out on the street
F                       D
For the crime of having nowhere to go

VERSE 4:
G7
Save your neck or save your brother
G7
Looks like it's one or the other
D7                     Em        G7 VAMP
Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in

VERSE 5:
G7
Now two young kids might start a ruckus
G7
You know they feel you trying to shuck us
D7                     Em        G7 VAMP
Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in

OUTRO SOLOS: Cm7-------   G7 VAMP / VERSE CHORDS (repeat fade or just end on G7)