Chords for The Band - The Shape I'm In

Tempo:
122.5 bpm
Chords used:

G

C

D

Em

Gm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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The Band - The Shape I'm In chords
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[C] [Cm]
[G]
[Em] [G] Go out yonder, peace in the valley, come downtown, have a rumble in the alley.
[D] Oh, you don't know [G] the shape I'm in.
Anybody can see my lady, this little old man, he'll drive me [C] crazy.
[D] Oh, you don't know [G] the shape I'm in.
Well,
[C] I just [G] went down [C] by the water, but I ain't [Gm] gonna jump in [C] no more.
I just be looking for my maker, [F] and I hear [D] that's where she's gone.
[G] I spent seven hours in the world, and yet to heaven.
[D] Oh, you don't know [Em] the shape [G] I'm in.
[C] [Cm]
[Gm] [G] [C] [G]
[Dm] [C]
[D] [Am] [G] [Am]
[Em] [G]
[D] [Gm]
[C] [G] [C] [Gm]
I [C] just [G] spent 60 [C] days in a jailhouse, all the [G] time I'm having no dough.
[C] Now here [Dm] I am back out [C] on the street, [F] all the time I'm having [D]
nowhere to [G] go.
Oh, I'll clean your neck, I'll save your brother, good for nothing, one or the [D] other.
Oh, you don't [Em] know the [G] shape I'm in.
[C] [Cm]
[G] [C]
[G] [C]
[G] 16 [D] [G]
[Em] [G]
[N] years ago, we started.
We started with a guy you might have heard of.
Key:  
G
2131
C
3211
D
1321
Em
121
Gm
123111113
G
2131
C
3211
D
1321
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_ _ [C] _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ [G] Go out yonder, peace in the valley, come downtown, have a rumble in the alley.
[D] _ Oh, you don't know [G] the shape I'm in. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Anybody can see my lady, this little old man, he'll drive me [C] crazy.
[D] _ Oh, you don't know [G] the shape I'm in.
Well, _ _
_ _ [C] _ I just [G] went down [C] by the water, but I ain't [Gm] gonna jump in [C] no more.
_ I just be looking for my maker, [F] _ and I hear [D] that's where she's gone.
[G] _ _ _ _ I spent seven _ hours in the world, and yet to heaven.
[D] _ Oh, you don't know [Em] the shape [G] I'm in. _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ [Am] _ [G] _ [Am] _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [Gm] _
I _ [C] _ _ just [G] spent 60 [C] days in a jailhouse, all the [G] time I'm having no dough.
[C] _ Now here [Dm] I am back out [C] on the street, [F] _ all the time I'm having [D]
nowhere to [G] go.
Oh, I'll clean your neck, _ I'll save your brother, _ good for nothing, _ one or the [D] other.
Oh, you don't [Em] know the [G] shape I'm in. _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C]
[G] 16 _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _
[Em] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [N] _ years ago, we started. _
We started with a guy you might have heard of.

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