Tom: C
G C G C G
[Verse]
G C G C G
Go out yonder, peace in the valley
C G C G
Come downtown, have to rumble in the alley
D G
Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in
[Instrumental]
G C G C G
G C G C G
Has anybody seen my lady
C G C G
This living alone will drive me crazy
[Verse 2]
D G
Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in
C Dm Em Dm/E C
I'm gonna go down by the wa - ter
C Dm Em Dm/E
But I ain't gonna jump in, no, no
C Dm Em Dm/E
I'll just be looking for my mak - er
F D7
And I hear that that's where she's been? Oh!
G C G C G
Out of nine lives, I spent seven
G C G C G
Now, how in the world do you get to Heaven
[Verse 3]
D G
Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in
C Dm Em Dm/E C
I just spent 60 days in the jailhouse
C Dm Em Dm/E
For the crime of having no dough
C Dm Em Dm/E
Now here I am back out on the street
F D7
For the crime of having nowhere to go
G C G C G
Save your neck or save your brother
G C G C G
Looks like it's one or the other
[Verse 4]
D 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 C G
You know they feel you trying to shuck us
[Outro]
D G
Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in
D G
Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in
